Planning on brewing my first batch of EF Porter this weekend. I will have to buy the complete grain bill and a packet of Safale-04. But I am wondering if the hops I have on hand would be suitable. I have plenty of Magnum, Centennial and Cascade. Any ideas how these might work? Thanks, Mike
Hops for EF Porter
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My suggestion - Look up style guidelines for the beer, get an IBU range, plug in the numbers, and just try it! One 60 min addition, one 20 min, and one 5 would be my suggestion (5 min addition shouldn't be too substantial).
Or, find a porter recipe on here, and substitute the hops you have for what they used, making sure to correct for different AA%.
Beautiful thing about homebrewing is you can experiment and try something new! I can't imagine that it wouldn't turn out quite wonderfully with the hops mentioned.
Or, find a porter recipe on here, and substitute the hops you have for what they used, making sure to correct for different AA%.
Beautiful thing about homebrewing is you can experiment and try something new! I can't imagine that it wouldn't turn out quite wonderfully with the hops mentioned.
It's not all about %AA, the flavor of cascade hops in a porter would be really strange to me, I think.
If "EF" stands for Edmund Fitzgerald, as I believe it does, than he's not going to want to "wing it" on the hops.
Looks like this one is highly regarded:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/edmund-fitzgerald-porter-clone-248008/
Looks like this one is highly regarded:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/edmund-fitzgerald-porter-clone-248008/
