I'm going to make something of a light Belgian ale tomorrow. The recipe calls for brewers gold as the main bitter, followed by tettnang a little further along the boil.
I have no brewers gold or anything near that kind of alpha % besides the bold chinook, which I've never used before. I've been reading chinook could replace it. But at a whopping 15% alpha as well as the fact that it's suppose to be kind of citrous and better suited for an IPA, I'm not sure it would be a good fit. Especially for a belgian, even if it is a light one.
Most of what I have lying around right now are nobles so I'm also thinking I could hop it like a pilsner and it would turn out fine. Most of my grain bill after all is pilsner malt. Only it's followed by crystal, chocolate, 2 lbs of pale ale malt.
So what do you guys think? Would adding only 1/2oz of chinook do it for bittering without bringing too much citrous flavour or unwanted tones in my beer?
I have no brewers gold or anything near that kind of alpha % besides the bold chinook, which I've never used before. I've been reading chinook could replace it. But at a whopping 15% alpha as well as the fact that it's suppose to be kind of citrous and better suited for an IPA, I'm not sure it would be a good fit. Especially for a belgian, even if it is a light one.
Most of what I have lying around right now are nobles so I'm also thinking I could hop it like a pilsner and it would turn out fine. Most of my grain bill after all is pilsner malt. Only it's followed by crystal, chocolate, 2 lbs of pale ale malt.
So what do you guys think? Would adding only 1/2oz of chinook do it for bittering without bringing too much citrous flavour or unwanted tones in my beer?