columbus for dry hop?

we know its got great bittering properties, anybody used it for a dry hop?

Yes its a great dry hop throw a few in handfulls.

Houblon said:

Yes its a great dry hop throw a few in handfulls.

Click to expand...

haha, what kind of aroma does it give off. pine, herbal?

I made a full columbus pale ale recentlyt and dry hopped with 2 0Z It was great! pine citrus onion resin

It's in the cascade, centennial, amarillo, family (Called the "Big C's") if that helps.

Forgot to mention that's got multiple names too (columbus, Tomahawk, zeus) or CTZ.

Houblon said:

Yes its a great dry hop throw a few in handfulls.

Click to expand...

Only a few?

Some of the American high alpha varieties are finding a new hop in the fermenter as dry hops. While some brewers may be a bit turned off by there punch you in the face with hops characteristics, a lot of people are really enjoying what they add to the beer profile.

Houblon said:

Yes its a great dry hop throw a few in handfulls.

Click to expand...

BarleyWater said:

Only a few?
.

Click to expand...

Well I do have really big hands so the ladies tell me

Oh hell yeah Columbus is a great hop for dry hopping. Try it and you will love it.

It smells like the Chronic to me.

I just dry hopped an IPA with Colombus and Simcoe....contrary to the common belief, I did not get "cat piss" from the Simcoe. In fact all I can really compare the aroma to is dank nuggets.

Lordsoth said:

I just dry hopped an IPA with Colombus and Simcoe....contrary to the common belief, I did not get "cat piss" from the Simcoe. In fact all I can really compare the aroma to is dank nuggets.

Click to expand...

That is hilarious.

Lordsoth said:

I just dry hopped an IPA with Colombus and Simcoe....contrary to the common belief, I did not get "cat piss" from the Simcoe. In fact all I can really compare the aroma to is dank nuggets.

Click to expand...

niceeee, my dry hops are gonna be columbus, simcoe, cascade. i heard about the cat piss thing and almost decided to not go with simcoe. glad im hearing bomb results....

I thought it was Citra as a dry hop that had the cat pee smell?

Made a couple of all columbus ipas that have all turned out great. I do this with hops a lot, using only one variety all the way through on a simple grain bill (pale 2-row bulk, 6% medium crystal, maybe a dash or two of something like carapils). Gives you a good idea of everything the hop has or doesn't have going for it.

LegitBrew said:

Made a couple of all columbus ipas that have all turned out great. I do this with hops a lot, using only one variety all the way through on a simple grain bill (pale 2-row bulk, 6% medium crystal, maybe a dash or two of something like carapils). Gives you a good idea of everything the hop has or doesn't have going for it.

Click to expand...

Even simpler than that is a SMASH brew: Single Malt And Single Hop. That was going to be the plan for my first brew, but then I added some crystal malt and used Cascade and Citra, so that went out of the window. I've double dry hopped it and I'll be bottling it on Sunday; so far it's tasting amazing.

I guess the idea of keeping it simple with a single hop is to understand that hop, then repeat with other hops, so eventually you can put together a recipe and KNOW which hops are going to give you the profile you want.

I have dry hopped with Columbus a couple times. I really like it. Gives a real deep hop taste. It does not taste great at bottling, but after 3 weeks bottle conditioning it is great. :rockin:

WHen my IPA smells like cat piss, then i know ive made a good beer.

My dad brought me some columbus hops. I was poking around and found this thread, so I thought I'd bump it. What's the consensus on Columbus as a dry hop, cat piss or weed?