worry wort Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 want to put down an english bitter but want to tweek it bit by adding a fuggles/ekg mix. First idea was a 15gm of each x 15boil followed up by a 15gm of each dry hop of both a few days in. Open to suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wouldn't hurt it mate. They are both low AA hops. 30gm on a 15 min boil would add some nice flavour with only a touch of extra bitterness and 30gm dry hop some nice aroma as well. Go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worry wort Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 3 hours ago, worry wort said: want to put down an english bitter but want to tweek it bit by adding a fuggles/ekg mix. First idea was a 15gm of each x 15boil followed up by a 15gm of each dry hop of both a few days in. Open to suggestions. Weekend just passed I did the English Bitter with 10g EKG in a boil at 18 minutes, 12 minutes and 6 minutes. SG sample tasted terrific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worry wort Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Weekend just passed I did the English Bitter with 10g EKG in a boil at 18 minutes, 12 minutes and 6 minutes. SG sample tasted terrific. thats promising, i have not used any of these ingredients before but thought the ekg and fuggles would work, but only in a small amount this time just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab Cat Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) I just put on the Yorkie square. Couldn't get Brambling X hops so went with EKG and fuggles, which are in the recipe anyway. Recipe said to boil 50g for 5, so that was the EKGs. Another 50 fuggles flameout steep, cos I couldn't be bothered dry hopping it. Sample tastes alright. Edited June 24, 2019 by Lab Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 6:45 AM, Lab Rat said: I just put on the Yorkie square. Couldn't get Brambling X hops so went with EKG and fuggles, which are in the recipe anyway. Recipe said to boil 50g for 5, so that was the EKGs. Another 50 fuggles flameout steep, cos I couldn't be bothered dry hopping it. Sample tastes alright. Wow, that is a lot of hops for an English Bitter! They are supposed to be about the malt, aren't they? https://byo.com/article/ordinary-bitter-style-profile/ Of course with home brewing, you can do anything you want. Cheers, Christina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab Cat Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, ChristinaS1 said: Wow, that is a lot of hops for an English Bitter! They are supposed to be about the malt, aren't they? https://byo.com/article/ordinary-bitter-style-profile/ Of course with home brewing, you can do anything you want. Cheers, Christina. It's not a bitter, it's an English pale ale - very different to an EB and a Aus/US pale. I also followed he coopers recipe for a change, and that is their hop schedule. Bear in mind, there's 500g malt and 1.5kg of liquid malt extract in the recipe, so it's definitely about the malt. I think if the hops were any less, the malt would be far too sweet, so this bittering is for balance. Had a taste of a SG sample, and it's not bitter at all - nothing dominates at the moment. Edited June 27, 2019 by Lab Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 @Lab Rat Oh, I see. That makes sense. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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