dirt55
Well-Known Member
One of my coworkers caught wind that I brew and bestowed upon me a large brown paper bag half full of cascade hops from their garden that they then dried at home. Great right? Well they LOVE stouts or anything "super dark." When I heard they were cascade my mind goes instantly to IPA, multiple hop additions, dry hopping, but NOT a stout.
So...
1st. It seems unusal to use such a floral/citrus hop in a stout. Am I wrong?
2nd. Because their homegrown I'm aware that the AA will vary and you should use them mostly for aroma additions. Are the AA always less then "standard" or do they sometimes go above? I'm ok with less IBUs, but since i'm doing it for someone else I'd hate to jack up the IBUs even though the stout would cover a large majority of it up.
Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated. I also hear that cascades don't store well so I feel like i have a ticking hop time bomb!!
So...
1st. It seems unusal to use such a floral/citrus hop in a stout. Am I wrong?
2nd. Because their homegrown I'm aware that the AA will vary and you should use them mostly for aroma additions. Are the AA always less then "standard" or do they sometimes go above? I'm ok with less IBUs, but since i'm doing it for someone else I'd hate to jack up the IBUs even though the stout would cover a large majority of it up.
Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated. I also hear that cascades don't store well so I feel like i have a ticking hop time bomb!!