Columbus Dry hop'd comparison

[HBC]

I am wanting to do a new recipe, and have the following on hand:
-tons of columbus
-a few oz of centennial
-a few oz of citra

I have never tried a columbus dry hop'd - and have used it mostly for bittering. I prefer cascade dry hop substantially more than centennial.

can anyone make a few suggestions on my next IPA recipe suggesting the combinations above/late addition schedule?

here are my initial thoughts, not to sway:
1oz columbus: 70 min
.50 centennial: 15 min
.50oz citra 5 min
.50oz citra -dry hop
.50z centennial -dry hop.

I have not tried columbus in late or dry hop additions so I do not know what I would think about it. Can you give any comparison of columbus late vs cascade or centennial?

your thoughts on those hop combinations?

 

[theveganbrewer]

I love Columbus as a 10 minute, 5 minute, flameout, or dryhop. It's dank. Just use it like you would any other hop.

 

[HBC]

Well, I suppose my taste is leaning towards dank.. I love Fuggles (many say it is dank) and have done it at late addition/dry and very happy with its results. Maybe this should be a simple Columbus single-hop for me to learn what it has to offer.

 

[mlakota]

Well, I suppose my taste is leaning towards dank.. I love Fuggles (many say it is dank) and have done it at late addition/dry and very happy with its results. Maybe this should be a simple Columbus single-hop for me to learn what it has to offer.

Definitely try out Columbus for late additions, awesome. If you want to add the others keep them small and really get an idea about what Columbus can do.

 

[Yankeehillbrewer]

I would suggest just doing an all Columbus IPA. I did one a while back to get a feel for Columbus. I like it, but it is one of those hops that is easily overdone, IMO.

This was my hop schedule...

.5 oz at 60
.75 oz at 15
1oz at 10
1oz at 2
1oz Dry Hop in the keg

OG was 1.060, 61.5 IBU's, fermented with S-05.

It took a while for this beer to come around to something I really liked. The Columbus had to mellow a bit. I think I used a bit too much. If I were to do it again I would cut the IBU's to about 50. I also did another IPA with 2oz of Columbus in the Dry Hop and that was way overboard. Again it took this beer some time to mellow before suit my tastes. I will try 1oz next time.

Columbus is hard to explain, but really dank is the best descriptor. While Cascade & Centennial will bring more of the floral/citrus characters.

 

[dannypo]

Columbus is fantastic as a late hop and dry hop. Dank, meaning it smells like weed, is really the best descriptor. However it doesn't do well alone IMO. It is great with Citra though.