rmr9
Well-Known Member
I’m thinking of brewing a pale ale using all NZ hops for something just slightly different. I’m thinking to keep the grain bill simple like 95% pale, 5% of a medium crystal and ferment with something like imperial flagship
The hops are the real question mark for me. I’ve never used NZ hops before so I’m really not familiar with the different varieties. I was thinking something like half oz pacific jade at 60, .25 oz pacific jade at 30, 1oz taiheke at 15, 1oz taiheke at 0 and 1oz taiheke for dry hop. Does this sound like a decent plan? I keep reading about the “peppery” quality of pacific jade so I’m a bit worried it’ll come out as a pepper bomb. Any thoughts from people who’ve done something similar?
The hops are the real question mark for me. I’ve never used NZ hops before so I’m really not familiar with the different varieties. I was thinking something like half oz pacific jade at 60, .25 oz pacific jade at 30, 1oz taiheke at 15, 1oz taiheke at 0 and 1oz taiheke for dry hop. Does this sound like a decent plan? I keep reading about the “peppery” quality of pacific jade so I’m a bit worried it’ll come out as a pepper bomb. Any thoughts from people who’ve done something similar?