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Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Saturday Jul 21, 2012 11:07 pm
by Tipsy
I've had Cascade and Amarillo, and didn't care for it much.
But I've mixed Cascade with Northdown and it was great and the last APA I mixed it with Willamette and thought it was pretty good.

What's your favorite combos?

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 1:30 am
by warra48
I'm not an Amarillo fan, but I do love US hops.

My favourite combos are Cascade, Chinook, and Columbus.

And I hope my latest brew with lots of late EKG and Styrian will hit the spot.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 1:46 am
by Tipsy
What the hell are you doing up this time of night Warra? :P

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 1:48 am
by Tipsy
Oh and I haven't yet tried Columbus, how do you use it?

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 3:23 am
by warra48
I get woken by pain in my shoulder, so I get up for a while. After effects of surgery. About to head back to bed.

I use Columbus (also known as Tomahawk or Zeus) for bittering in APA and AIPA, as it has a very high AA%.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 9:16 am
by big dave
I don't have a heap of experience to draw from, but I agree with Warra about Cascade and Chinook. Although, I do love Amarillo on it's own too.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 11:35 am
by warra48
warra48 wrote:I get woken by pain in my shoulder, so I get up for a while. After effects of surgery. About to head back to bed.

I use Columbus (also known as Tomahawk or Zeus) for bittering in APA and AIPA, as it has a very high AA%.


Just looked at my BS2 and realise now that my favourite AIPA used Columbus at flame out and also dry hop at 6 days!

Can't have been all bad, as I sent one off for the last Christmas draw to Earle. By all accounts it was well received.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 12:28 pm
by emnpaul
Challenger and EKG, fuggles and EKG, and cascade and willammette all go well together. Heaps more I haven't got around to trying yet.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 2:46 pm
by Bum
Simcoe and anything new world.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 22, 2012 8:05 pm
by rotten
So many to choose from. Fuggles & EKG, Cascade & Crystal, Magnum & anything, Northern Brewer & Styrian Golding just to name a few :)~
One new one I'm starting to use in combos is Sonnett Golding, delicious.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 4:21 pm
by drsmurto
Fuggles, EKG and Styrian Goldings

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 29, 2012 6:43 am
by tazcat
big dave wrote:I don't have a heap of experience to draw from, but I agree with Warra about Cascade and Chinook. Although, I do love Amarillo on it's own too.


Amarillo and Chinook are big APA favourites down our way with Citrus starting to make a name for itself. Can't go past Fuggles and Styrian for English styles

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Sunday Jul 29, 2012 8:30 am
by Sonny
Big Dave’s BIAB Lean & Hungry APA I won in the lotto was glorious.
Pretty certain it was Chinook and Galaxy?

I've used galaxy with my kit and partials as an aroma hop since. Very fruity.
But now that I've moved to BIAB, I will try and ask Big Dave to share his recipe.

Dave? Can you whack it up in the recipe threads or maybe on a PM?

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Tuesday Aug 07, 2012 9:05 pm
by AidanMatthews
Cascade and Nelson Sauvon, Smells fantastic and tastes great

- good balance between Bitter/flavour/aroma.
Use 50/50 ratio for each addition.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Wednesday Aug 08, 2012 12:56 pm
by big dave
Jeez Sonny, glad you liked it. I am blushing a bit.

Pretty sure it was Cascade and Chinook.... probably.... Will dig up the recipe and pop it down somewhere.

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Thursday Dec 27, 2012 4:12 pm
by Oliver

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Thursday Dec 27, 2012 6:30 pm
by RUM57L
Cascade and POR

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Friday Dec 28, 2012 1:09 pm
by Tipsy
RUM57L wrote:Cascade and POR


Would that be POR only for bittering or have you tried any late?

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Friday Dec 28, 2012 6:34 pm
by RUM57L
Yup bittering, last lot was fantastic with a can of coopers draught and mystery yeast

Re: Favorite hop combos?

PostPosted: Wednesday Jan 09, 2013 6:25 pm
by Mad Dog
Drinking a home brew amber that I used 2oz Simcoe for an hour and 2oz Simcoe for ten minutes. It's growing on me. I steeped a pound of Belgian biscuit malt at the start which gave it a kind of coffee and scones finish. Rather interesting combo.