I'm brewing my first competition beer for a local contest. Brewed a Saison and an English IPA.
The Saison was pretty straight forward from a grist/hop/yeast standpoint but was heavy on the "process" standpoint (ramped up temperatures, sugar additions, etc). No real questions there although we'll see how it turns out!
This was my first attempt to brew to a specific style with regard to my English IPA. Don't have my grist with me but I used Otter as my base malt with some Biscuit, Crystal 60, Torefied Wheat and Light DME. I also used Ringwood yeast. My question was on the hops. I used Northern Brewer as my bittering hop and then NKG and Fuggles in five minute increments over the last 30 minutes. Going to dry hop with NKG for 48 hrs before I bottle condition.
My question is the Northern Brewer hops. Is NB considered an "English" hop for a traditional English IPA?
The Saison was pretty straight forward from a grist/hop/yeast standpoint but was heavy on the "process" standpoint (ramped up temperatures, sugar additions, etc). No real questions there although we'll see how it turns out!
This was my first attempt to brew to a specific style with regard to my English IPA. Don't have my grist with me but I used Otter as my base malt with some Biscuit, Crystal 60, Torefied Wheat and Light DME. I also used Ringwood yeast. My question was on the hops. I used Northern Brewer as my bittering hop and then NKG and Fuggles in five minute increments over the last 30 minutes. Going to dry hop with NKG for 48 hrs before I bottle condition.
My question is the Northern Brewer hops. Is NB considered an "English" hop for a traditional English IPA?