Hops for American Brown Ale

[GrimBrewer]

I don't have any hops that seems to be traditionally used for brown ales at the moment and wont be able to get anymore before brewday. For instance, I only a few grams of cascade, which I can maybe add at flame out. I'll be using apollo for bittering. I want the beer to be more malty and less hoppy, so will be using less hops that I would normally use in my pale ales

Lots: Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo, Chinook, Apollo
Little: Bavarian Mandarin, Columbus
Almost non: Cascade

I am leaning to either just use
1) Centennial
2) Centennial with a bit of cascade and Bavarian Mandarin
3) Simcoe, amarillo and centennial (I liked Simcoe, amarillo and Citra in a previous pale ale)

 

[dstockwell]

How about bitter with Columbus, then flame-out or whirlpool Centennial and Citra.

 

[jmartie13]

If you want a malty brown ale maybe use your high AA hops (columbus, apollo?) to get your target IBUs to balance the malt and call it a day. Though, I'd be tempted to throw in some of that amarillo and centennial at flame-out!

 

[GrimBrewer]

Unfortunately I don't have any citra at the moment. In future I plan to keep that in stock all the time...that and Cascade

I saw more than one hop mix of centennial and amarillo. Not sure how that's going to taste. I didn't like my pale with simcoe and amarillo that much but I did like the simcoe amarillo and citra.

 

[Steveruch]

I plan to brew an American brown later in the year using chinook and simcoe.

 

[catdaddy66]

Can't go wrong with those 'C' hops in an American beer.

 

[arnobg]

I bittered with chinook and rest was cascade for my American Brown. Came out great.