Hi,
I have been at this hobby for about 9 months, and one thing that I have discovered is that I love hops as much as my own mother. But I have yet to be able to distinguish the different hop varieties and each of their individual flavors. I plan on turning myself into a hop pro by brewing 5 or 6 IPAs, each using only a single hop variety. I was wondering what your favorite hops are and which ones you recommend using.
I am thinking that I should include Cascade, Saaz and Amarillo. Thoughts?
I was also toying with the idea of using the same bittering hop for all the brews, and just use a single and different hop for flavor and aroma (in large quantities) in each. Do you think that would that be a better way to go about doing things? If so, what bittering hop would you use?
As with all good higher educational programs, this has the potential to take a long time. I would not be too opposed if I need to brew many more beers than I expected and turn this into a masters in hops.
My housemate is also a hop lover. For some strange reason he really supports this idea...
I have been at this hobby for about 9 months, and one thing that I have discovered is that I love hops as much as my own mother. But I have yet to be able to distinguish the different hop varieties and each of their individual flavors. I plan on turning myself into a hop pro by brewing 5 or 6 IPAs, each using only a single hop variety. I was wondering what your favorite hops are and which ones you recommend using.
I am thinking that I should include Cascade, Saaz and Amarillo. Thoughts?
I was also toying with the idea of using the same bittering hop for all the brews, and just use a single and different hop for flavor and aroma (in large quantities) in each. Do you think that would that be a better way to go about doing things? If so, what bittering hop would you use?
As with all good higher educational programs, this has the potential to take a long time. I would not be too opposed if I need to brew many more beers than I expected and turn this into a masters in hops.
My housemate is also a hop lover. For some strange reason he really supports this idea...