Centennial Hops

[Toilet Rocker]

Hey--my HBS is incredibly unhelpful. For the Yeti imp stout I'd like to clone (based on the BYO recipe featured in the brewpastor issue), they use centennial hops. My HBS doesn't have these and a back issue said a likely substitute is Cascade or Columbus. Never saw Columbus. Would you guys reco Cascade as a backup? I am bittering with Chinook. Thoughts? thanks.

 

[Brewsmith]

Cascade will work, you just need more of them. I've seen Centennial described as "super cascade" before.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I usually reference this particular chart in these situations:
http://byo.com/referenceguide/hops/

It agrees with your information and I'd just go with enough additional Cascade to met your IBU's.

 

[david_42]

Since you're bittering with chinook, using cascades in place of centennial for flavor and aroma will work just fine. I wouldn't try substituting cascades for centennial as a bittering hop, though.

 

[todd_k]

My LHBS is running very low on hops and they gave me centennial in place of cascade. They said a small crop and the hop fire is really hurting the LHBS's.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

Thanks for the info. Cascade it is!