English IPA - Fuggles and/or EKG?

[eddiewould]

Brewing an English IPA this weekend - mostly Marris Otter w/ a tiny bit of medium crystal. WYeast 1968.

Do you reckon I should use both Fuggles and EKG and if so, what ratio, for bittering/flavour/dry-hop?

I was thinking 1.062OG, 40g of each @ 60m, 20g of each @ 15 min, 40g of each at flameout - for a total 48 IBUs. Then 50g of each for dry-hop.

Does that seem excessive? Do you reckon I'll notice the difference compared with just using the same amount of Fuggles OR East Kent Golding?

 

[giraffe]

Personally Id use all EKG for a english IPA. Its more floral, Im not a fan of fuggles in a pale ale. Opinions vary. 50g each for a dry hop seems a bit excessive to me for a brittish ipa. Especially with the large flameout addition. But EKG is a milder hop than most C hops if you are used to american IPAs.

 

[JKaranka]

The usual way to go is to use only EKG for the dry hop and more Fuggles in the boil. I like both; EKG is floral and slightly orangey, Fuggles is earthy, floral and herbal. EKG is the 'finer' hop in a way, but both do well. Fuggles can get a bit lost in a dry hop, though.

 

[d3track]

I like fuggles, so I guess I would use fuggles to bitter, fuggles and ekg at flameout, and dry hop ekg, maybe a little fuggles.

 

[Rudeboy]

See if you can get Challanger or Target higher alpha British hops for the bittering. It reduces the vegetative material in the kettle and still has that "British" taste. I mix Fuggles and EKG later then just 28 g of EKG in the dry hop. I like 60'ish IBU for an British IPA.

Rudeboy

 

[Schemy]

I'm a fan of using Northdown for bittering and finish with EKG. I do like your ratios though. Sounds like a good recipe.

My hop profile goes ND-60 ND/EKG-20 EKG-0

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

The usual way to go is to use only EKG for the dry hop and more Fuggles in the boil. I like both; EKG is floral and slightly orangey, Fuggles is earthy, floral and herbal. EKG is the 'finer' hop in a way, but both do well. Fuggles can get a bit lost in a dry hop, though.

This^

I have a English Brown IPA (well, nearly IPA). Bittered with Fuggles, used a bit of fuggles near the end at 5 minutes with EKG. Whirlpooled 2oz of EKG and 1oz of Fuggles. Then dry hopped with 2oz of EKG. Still keeps getting tastier and tastier.

 

[m00ps]

I agree that you could finish it off with EKG or fuggle, but you'd need like a pound of them to get an actual IPA. There are many other english varieties with higher alpha content. Try target, bramling cross, northdown or pilgrim

 

[hanuswalrus]

Northern Brewer is another hop choice. It's a dual-purpose hop. I used a bit as a FWH on an English pale ale I did a couple months back. Turned out pretty nice

 

[eddiewould]

Well I've bought the ingredients - brewing on Monday. It's gonna be a Marris Otter & EKG Smash. 300g (10.5oz) of EKG in total.

 

[orangehero]

Personally Id use all EKG for a english IPA. Its more floral, Im not a fan of fuggles in a pale ale. Opinions vary. 50g each for a dry hop seems a bit excessive to me for a brittish ipa. Especially with the large flameout addition. But EKG is a milder hop than most C hops if you are used to american IPAs.

What happens when you go excessive with EKG dry hop?