Good Hops for an Irish Stout

I did a search but came up with all different ones??? What ones do you recommend?

Fuggles or E. Kent Goldings

JonK331 said:

Fuggles or E. Kent Goldings

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+1

I would probably go with EKG if I was planning on any late hop additions... best part is, you may actually be able to find them now that the harvest is happenin'.

have fun.

Well, for an Irish stout (or almost any stout), I wouldn't plan ANY hop additions other than your bittering addition. Roasted malts and hop flavor/aroma don't usually work very well together, certainly not in this style. EKG, Fuggles, would be fine, appropriate, and woudl be my first choice. But, if it's just for a bittering addition you could get away with pretty much any clean hop.

If you are looking to do one bittering hop up front, I would suggest Northern Brewer.

Yup doing an extract recipe and just one bittering hop up front 2 oz

the_bird said:

Well, for an Irish stout (or almost any stout), I wouldn't plan ANY hop additions other than your bittering addition. Roasted malts and hop flavor/aroma don't usually work very well together, certainly not in this style. EKG, Fuggles, would be fine, appropriate, and woudl be my first choice. But, if it's just for a bittering addition you could get away with pretty much any clean hop.

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you wouldnt, but he might ... he didnt really specify what type of hop he was asking about.

love me some northern brewer, at 60 minutes. 1 oz at 9.8aa is good

I went with Northern Brewer, thanks guys.

The recipe called for 2 oz is that too much?

It depends on the Alpha Acid. I would probably back it down a bit as the usual AA for northern brewer is around 7 to 9%.

Also depends on your preference. I really like stouts that aren't heavy on the bitterness to bring the roasted barley out.

says AA on package is 10% how much should I use?

What size boil are you doing?

2 gals boil 3 gallons cold

I just bottled what I consider a great stoudt and use 1 oz of Willamette for bittering. I grew it myself so I had to use it............worked!

With a 2 gallon boil, I would probably use 1 1/2 ounces. If you want a more bitter stout, I would go with the whole 2 ounces. 1.5 ounces would put you around 35 IBUS though.

Ok thanks!

Thinking of using Chinook hops for a stout, what do you think?

Mark73 said:

Thinking of using Chinook hops for a stout, what do you think?

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I made an oatmeal stout with Chinook and it came out a bit harsh for my taste. (ymmv) Then I ran across a micro-brewery in Mariposa that makes a very similar tasting brew but they used Warrior. To my taste it was way easier drinking than mine with the Chinook. I haven't made any oatmeal stout since then so I can't say how difference it would make using the same recipe. But I have heard that Chinook can be a tad harsh,