Favorite "Two Hop" IPA combinations.

[crusader1612]

riwaka and citra if you can find them

 

[eric19312]

Columbus + Citra is my go to

 

[Brewing_CSU_Ram_Fan]

Just kegged a combo of galaxy and amarillo for an IPA. Nice grapefruit smell and taste. I did add grapefruit zest to secondary along with combo of galaxy/amarillo. Still, this one will be a good beer when carbed fully. I was trying to create a beer similar to Ballast Points Sculpin Grapefruit IPA... I think mine is going to be better with that combo.

Used Galaxy for bittering hop and then combo of galaxy/amarillo for flavor and aroma.

 

[secondbase]

I don't make many IPAs and when I do, it's usually to try a single hop. I did a rye brett saison with citra/equinox that is absolutely killer. I imagine this combo would be great ramped up to the IPA level.

 

[Redlantern]

Citra Chinook

 

[user 128202]

Hey y'all.

Just for fun, here are the combos mentioned at least twice along with the number of times they've been mentioned so far:

 

[user 128202]

And, for hops mentioned at least twice, here are the number of times an individual hop was mentioned as being part of a favorite pair:

 

[m00ps]

all those tables tell me is you guys need to get more adventurous with your hop choices

 

[Remmy]

Columbus-Galaxy

Columbus-Simcoe (the best)

 

[Brewing_CSU_Ram_Fan]

as many of these hop combos are citrus like combos, has anyone tried lemondrop or a combo with lemondrop yet?

 

[catdaddy66]

My classic combo for american pale ales is cascade and centennial. Another combo i stumbled on was warrior and green bullet hops. It is what i use in my house ipa.

 

[kh54s10]

all those tables tell me is you guys need to get more adventurous with your hop choices

Here is something a little different. The hops were buy a pound and get a free pound of Pilgrim for free at Hops Direct sale earlier this year.

My latest has 3 hops. I used Magnum for bittering and Aurora Slovenian and Sonnet Golding for the flavor/aroma. At first tap of the keg it was still really cloudy and I didn't like it much. Since then, I guess I pulled out all the trub, it has cleared and tastes really good. I can't think of anything it compares to and I am not great at describing flavors so I can't give any guidance. The aroma is not very powerful.

 

[mrdauber64]

I just did a Calypso and El Dorado IPA with Belgian yeast and 100% Vienna malt. Very unique! Has flavors of pears, apples, and fruity jolly ranchers then it finishes off with the fruity Belgian yeast. Finished dry but the Vienna malt is still there. Very different from my Citra and whatever combos I normally do, but very good. I'll definitely use this combo again in other Belgian beers. Saison maybe?

 

[MFWINZLOW]

Very different from my Citra and whatever combos I normally do, but very good.

I do those too. Was on a Citra / Mosaic and Citra / Amarillo kick for about 6 months. Just tried Ahntanum(spelling) on my last IPA - I understand that Cigar City Jai Alai IPA uses this one (not the clone ...my version called I Lie). Very mild hop...will jack it up 3:1 with Citra on next IPA.

 

[simontja]

galaxy/simcoe, galaxy/mosaic, galaxy/belma, galaxy/equinox, polaris/mosaic are good complimenting hops.

 

[Revvy]

Ewow, those charts are awesome. Thanks for making them!

I haven't been able to brew in weeks, but now I have Fridays off through the end of July. I finally got around to brew what was going to be that Admiral/Nelson Sauvin English IPA, but my shop didn't have any Admiral. Doing a quick hop sub google with what they had in stock I chose Challenger instead. Lots of Marris Otter with Whitbread Yeast. Really curious about how this will turn out.

Anybody familiar with challenger?

 

[deadphish]

I really like Kohatu and Citra. Kohatu has great aroma and flavor but its not overly powerful. However it compliments Citra perfectly and makes both pop out. For IPAs at least.

 

[Ruckusz28]

as many of these hop combos are citrus like combos, has anyone tried lemondrop or a combo with lemondrop yet?

I've used lemon drop in a sour brett beer and blended with amarillo in a pale ale with interesting results. That was early into my brewing so I really didn't keep many notes back then. I remember a great aroma though. Lemongrass, flowers.. like walking into a florist.

 

[m00ps]

as many of these hop combos are citrus like combos, has anyone tried lemondrop or a combo with lemondrop yet?

Ive used it with meridian and with sorachi ace. I liked the meridian combo better since it was much more smooth and crisp in its lemon flavor. It didnt have the bit of abrasive herbal qualities that sorach has either

 

[user 128202]

Ewow, those charts are awesome. Thanks for making them!

Cheers, Rev!

 

[Paps]

By the powers of Necromancy i reanimate this thread!
*magical chanting and sparks flying from fingertips*

I've a homebrew competition coming up in a few months for specifically American IPA`s and need some ideas.
I personally am not a fan of the style and never drink them so this puts me in a bit of a bind. Lemme hear what you peeps like!

 

[GrogNerd]

By the powers of Necromancy i reanimate this thread!
*magical chanting and sparks flying from fingertips*

I've a homebrew competition coming up in a few months for specifically American IPA`s and need some ideas.
I personally am not a fan of the style and never drink them so this puts me in a bit of a bind. Lemme hear what you peeps like!

mine was the 1st response in this thread and I'll stand by it: Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA is one of the best IPAs (or beers even) I've had that isn't made down the street from me

Nugget for the bittering, Citra & Mosaic late additions and dry hops

all-grain and extract clone recipe here

I've brewed the extract version and it's the best beer I've ever made. won brew club competitions, good comments from buddies in another brew club and no one could tell it was an extract batch (fresh DME is key, although the recipe says liquid. 8.25 lbs LME = 6.6 lbs DME)

 

[Chuckus95]

A few of my favs:

Citra/Mosaic
Vic Secret/Hallertauer Blanc
Simcoe/Citra
Comet/Amarillo
Columbus/Cascade
Eureka/Idaho 7

 

[Revvy]

I have a slightly different question about two hop combos than I intended for this thread. And I have done a few of these suggestions and they are awesome.

My next 2-hop question is- I just brewed an all citra IPA. I'm a big fan of Oddside's Citra Pale, it's my goto between brews commercial buy.

Anyway I was if there was any non-citra whole hop that would be an interesting addition run ONLY through my water filter Randal.

What would be a nice fresh burst aroma and front of the palate bite that would boost or compliment the citra under it? My plan was just whole hop citra which I've done before, but then I remembered this thread and thought it would be an interesting question to pose to the "brew-mind."

 

[Remmy]

I have a slightly different question about two hop combos than I intended for this thread. And I have done a few of these suggestions and they are often.



My next 2-hop question is- I just brewed an all citra IPA. I'm a big fan of Oddside's Citra Pale, it's my goto between brews commercial buy.



Anyway I was if there was any non-citra whole hop that would be an interesting addition run ONLY through my water filter Randal.



What would be a nice fresh burst aroma and front of the palate bite that would boost or compliment the citra under it? My plan was just whole hop citra which I've done before, but then I remembered this thread and thought it would be an interesting question to pose to the "brew-mind."

Revvy, meet Mosaic. You're welcome.

 

[Revvy]

Revvy, meet Mosaic. You're welcome.

I do love me some mosaic, and I plan on doing an all mosaic beer at some point...

This sounds tasty. Thanks for the idea!!!!!!

 

[crusader1612]

I have a slightly different question about two hop combos than I intended for this thread. And I have done a few of these suggestions and they are often.



My next 2-hop question is- I just brewed an all citra IPA. I'm a big fan of Oddside's Citra Pale, it's my goto between brews commercial buy.



Anyway I was if there was any non-citra whole hop that would be an interesting addition run ONLY through my water filter Randal.



What would be a nice fresh burst aroma and front of the palate bite that would boost or compliment the citra under it? My plan was just whole hop citra which I've done before, but then I remembered this thread and thought it would be an interesting question to pose to the "brew-mind."

Nelson. Definitely Nelson.

 

[deepbluegroove]

Proportions: Amarillo: 1, Nelson: 1, Simcoe: 2

 

[NorthwestBrewman2013]

For what it's worth I did a single hop English Pale Ale with Nugget. It's a little unorthodox given the fact that Nugget is not the typical English Ale hop. But, I was extremely surprised by the intensity of the flavor in pretty small doses. Did a 5 gallon batch with the following recipe.

Maris Otter
2-Row
Aromatic Malt
Crystal 80

0.5oz at FWH
0.5oz at 10
0.5oz at 5
0.5oz at Flameout

US-04

Have had it kegged for two weeks. Finally tried it a couple days ago. Huge stone fruit flavor, mainly peach. Some citrus nose to it as well. I've always seen this hop as a bittering charge. Very few people I've seen use it in the later additions. Extremely intriguing flavor. Could play well with a bit of Centennial or Cascade. Maybe even Simcoe in an IPA? May have to give that a try.

 

[Revvy]

Revvy, meet Mosaic. You're welcome.

I am really excited about this combo. Don't have much experience with Mosaic, but last summer I had Founder's Mosaic Promise and the brewery and fell in love with it.

This is an interesting article about some guy's experiments with a citra ipa base beer and dryhopping one all citra and one with mosaic. He seemed wowed by the mosaic dryhopping....

Surprisingly, the more aromatic of two. Explosive oily hop aroma with a big berry note coming though. It smells like Citra and Simcoe made love in a blueberry patch. Perfect hop for a beer like this. The esters, hop aroma, and malt character all blend together fantastically. It was a little sharp (read:catty) at first, but that faded after 4-5 days. I’m getting a little more grungy character than the Citra had, but it’s welcome. I’d say this version tastes more like an IPA, since the perceived bitterness is higher. I find it funny how just a different dry hop can change perceived bitterness in the same wort.

I don't know how much of an impact it will be when the beer is quickly passing through the hops in my ghetto randall.

Though after the drinking session there is beer that sits with the hops inside there until the next time I use it, so that's where it might affect the overall flavor as opposed to just maybe aroma and front taste.

The cool thing about having this randall is I can play around with various combos, by just switching them out.