Hop choices tonight?

[ArizonaGoalie]

Looking for your opinion on hops for a hazy IPA.

I start heating strike water in 45 minutes, but I won't be adding hops until whirlpool after boil. So, I've got about 3 hours or so to decide.

I am set on Bru-1 and Cashmere. I'm actually okay with just those two, but feeling like a third player would add some fun. Here are my choices for hop #3:

Vista
El Dorado
Amarillo
Cascade
Strata

This is a rare time in American history when your opinion is actually wanted!

What say you???


TIA...happy brewing.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Used to be you posted a thread like this and had 10-15 responses in the first hour....
Just not the same.

I went with Cashmere, Bru-1, and Sabro.

3 gallon batch. All grain.

Whirlpool:
1.5 oz Bru-1
1.5 oz Cashmere
1.0 oz Sabro

Dry hop:
1 oz of all three
My hazy dry hops happen on day 2.5 of primary fermentation.
30 minute boil and a 5 day fermentation. Lutra yeast.

Drinking fresh, hoppy as hell beer after 6 days. You've come a long way baby.

 

[passedpawn]

6 days? Maybe, but I don't favor the hazies - I like my beer clear. Not judging! - just my preference.

I assume people like their hazies to be juicy/fruity, so I'd definitely go with a mix of hops. Mosaic would be a good choice, but not on your list. I would have gone with El Dorado and Amarillo and Cascade, but mainly because I am not familiar with the others.

 

[passedpawn]

Used to be you posted a thread like this and had 10-15 responses in the first hour....

It has slowed down, but also Fri-Sunday are slow on this forum. I suspect a lot of members are posting at work, and they have better things to do on the wkends.

Good luck with your brewing.

 

[T Murph]

Cascade, nuf said

 

[evolutionary]

Amarillo!

 

[SCoutdoors]

El Dorado

 

[jerrylotto]

You need more varieties of hops. Mosaic, Citra, Simcoe, Centennial, Crystal, Cascade, Chinook and Columbus should all be in your freezer if you make IPAs.

 

[day_trippr]

The downside of maintaining lots of hops in the freezer is they're degrading by the day, so one really needs a fairly high throughput operation to get the best out of them and not lose that to time.

As for the OP, I'd have gone with Amarillo, El Dorado and Strata, fwiw...

Cheers!

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

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[0] https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/understanding-the-importance-of-the-hop-storage-index

[1] maybe a different storage model is needed for hazy hop oils.

[2] maybe the new hop oil products offer a solution to properly storing hazy hop oils.