Help me Decide What to do With Magnum Hops

[Clint Yeastwood]

Okay, I could use some quick advice.

I accidentally brewed the wrong beer by mistake, so now I have to figure out a hop schedule fast. It's an American style lager with corn as well as barley.

8.5 lbs. pilsner
0.75 lbs. crystal 10L
1.5 lbs. flaked corn

I'm using Magnum at 60 minutes to get it to about 30 IBU. The recipe also says to steep 1.5 ounces of Magnum at the end of the boil.

Is this a good use of Magnum for flavoring according to 2023 wisdom? The recipe is from 2006.

 

[Jag75]

I only use magnum as a bittering hop. Never tried it at the end.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I'll just go with it. The beer was great last time.

 

[AlexKay]

I’ve used Magnum once as an aroma hop, also in an American lager. Liked the result. Would do again.

Brulosophy did this too: Here

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I have no idea why I chose it 20 years ago, but the beer was excellent. I brewed it to tempt someone else. He stuck with Bud, but I loved this stuff.

 

[dmtaylor]

I have dry hopped with Magnum before. It was good. I would do it again. It's like a more robust, wild Hallertau/noble.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Well, it's done. That's for sure.

 

[faithie999]

Okay, I could use some quick advice.

I accidentally brewed the wrong beer by mistake, so now I have to figure out a hop schedule fast. It's an American style lager with corn as well as barley.

8.5 lbs. pilsner
0.75 lbs. crystal 10L
1.5 lbs. flaked corn

I'm using Magnum at 60 minutes to get it to about 30 IBU. The recipe also says to steep 1.5 ounces of Magnum at the end of the boil.

Is this a good use of Magnum for flavoring according to 2023 wisdom? The recipe is from 2006.

did you brew this as a lager, or as an ale? what yeast did you use?
thanks

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I used 34/70. It's supposed to be a lager.

Not recommending it to anyone else. It's a strange beer I made for a specific purpose a long time ago.

 

[Miraculix]

I used 34/70. It's supposed to be a lager.

Not recommending it to anyone else. It's a strange beer I made for a specific purpose a long time ago.

Sounds like a perfectly fine adjunct lager to me.

 

[chthon]

I brew a saison with Merkur, which is a Magnum variant (better disease resistance), which I use for bittering, flavour, aroma and dry hop or hop tea. Works well.