To dry hop or not to dry hop

[dan_man]

Today I stopped by a brew shop and they had a sale on hops. So I got an once of Apollo, Columbus,comet,chinook,simcoe and summit. I have a triple ipa fermenting right now and The question is should I dry hop will all the these? Would it be too much? I'm looking for a dank flavor.

 

[photobru]

If you use them all it might be hard to distinguish the flavors, I'd pick two or three at most that complement each other.

 

[Owly055]

If you use them all it might be hard to distinguish the flavors, I'd pick two or three at most that complement each other.

I agree with that........ A random pile of hops is not in my opinion the way to hop a beer. I rarely use more than 3 hops including a bittering hop, and with 60 brews in the last 13 months, a significant number of them single hop, I'm beginning to get a feel of what goes together well, and which combinations produce a character I like. Examine what each hop offers, and why it should be included. There are many hops resources on line. There are a couple of well thought out commercially available blends available, both of which would make a good beer alone, or make a foundation you can customize, adding the character you want.


H.W.

 

[gotbags-10]

Yeah deff don't use all of them. What hops did you use in it already?

 

[JustLooking]

IMO use enough Columbus and you'll get dank. Add a little Chinook or Simcoe to round it out. Save the rest for another day.