WYEAST 3638 and Lemon Drop Hops

[Kozwald]

Thinking about brewing a Wheat using El Dorado and Lemon Drop hops and pairing it with wyeast 3638. I'm a bit concerned the banana flavor from the 3638 will not play well with the hops.

Anyone used this combination??

 

[Kozwald]

Here's the full recipe.
8.0 oz Rice Hulls (Briess) (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 3.8 %
5 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 42.3 %
5 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 42.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
8.0 oz Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (3.0 SRM) Grain 6 3.8 %
0.75 oz El Dorado [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 30.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Lemon Drop [5.10 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 6.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Belma [9.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 6.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg Bavarian Wheat (Wyeast Labs #3638) [124.21 ml] Yeast 10 -
0.50 oz Belma [9.40 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Lemon Drop [5.10 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs

Couldn't figure out how to import from BeerSmith so I just copied and pasted the recipe.

 

[Hello]

Never used the combo, but my experience with Lemon Drop hops is that they don't seem to do well if you let them boil for a long time. I did a SMaSH with them and think it brought out a flavor I did not like. I used them again but at 10 minutes and it was much much better.

 

[Kozwald]

That's good to know. Maybe I'll flip flop the Lemon Drop and Belma.

 

[brewprint]

If you see the Stone Delicious IPA, that is an El Dorado/Lemon Drop combo.

It's a decent beer.

I've done several beers with Lemon Drop and one with El Dorado.

My experience is that the late additions/dry hop with lemon drop is that you don't need much. I'm not a huge fan of Lemon Drop but it's alright.

The brew that I have on tap now with Simcoe/Citra/Lemon Drop is that the Lemon Drop is probably showing the most. I did an equal dry hop and used less Lemon Drop than the others in the late additions.

I do notice that there is almost a menthol if you breath out during a drink. Kind of neat.

El Dorado I paired with Amarillo and I didn't care for that brew. I'm not a huge fan of Amarillo though. My plan is to do an El Dorado SMaSH soon. I was going to do it today but I did Mosaic instead.

I can't remember ever using the yeast that you're referring to.

 

[dchmela]

I have a Belma IPA on tap now that I did a 15 and KO addition with lots of dry ho. It has a really nice dank mouth feel, so I would suggest the Belma at 10 or 15.

 

[Kozwald]

Thanks for the input. Going to brew this afternoon. Still deciding whether or not to use the El Dorado for bittering or some Tetnanger.