The Soft Underbelly
Well-Known Member
Sometime back in October, on a whim, I ordered several experimental hop varieties from Farmhouse Brewing and until recently haven't done a thing with em. Yesterday I found myself with time and a number of left over ingredients from previous batches.
Exp 4190: Experimental variety from Hop Steiner. Pleasant, mild citrus aroma. Bred from Fuggles and Cascade
3.75# Maris Otter
4 oz special b
3 # light DME @ 15 min
12 oz corn sugar @ 5 min
1.5 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @ 60
1 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @15min
1 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @ FO
1 pkg S-05 rehydrated
I didn't take gravity reading on this one, but it should be about 1.055 if I've configured my beer smith correctly. My PM batches are usually within 2 points of those numbers..
This had a very herbal smell, a bit of citrus too. Def smells like a cascade fuggle cross. I added the corn sugar to boost my OG and dry it out just a bit too. I suppose I could have just brewed a 4 gal batch...Ideally I would have used more MO and no sugar but I really didn't wanna get in my car!
It's chugging away right now. I'm stoked to try this one....
Exp 4190: Experimental variety from Hop Steiner. Pleasant, mild citrus aroma. Bred from Fuggles and Cascade
3.75# Maris Otter
4 oz special b
3 # light DME @ 15 min
12 oz corn sugar @ 5 min
1.5 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @ 60
1 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @15min
1 oz Exp 4190 (3.6%) @ FO
1 pkg S-05 rehydrated
I didn't take gravity reading on this one, but it should be about 1.055 if I've configured my beer smith correctly. My PM batches are usually within 2 points of those numbers..
This had a very herbal smell, a bit of citrus too. Def smells like a cascade fuggle cross. I added the corn sugar to boost my OG and dry it out just a bit too. I suppose I could have just brewed a 4 gal batch...Ideally I would have used more MO and no sugar but I really didn't wanna get in my car!
It's chugging away right now. I'm stoked to try this one....