Help with hop additions

Ivesy · Post by **Ivesy** » Saturday Sep 22, 2007 7:24 pm

I just finished putting Pale Ales Sparkling Golden Ale in the fermenter and was thinking about my next brew.
I have a Sparkling Ale can, a can of Morgans Pale Liquid Malt but want to use my Nelson Sauvin and Hallertau hops. I read on here somewhere they used these hops for the first of the J.S Hop Thief and thought i would try to make something along those lines. I dont like my beers real bitter, so can anyone help me with any recipe for my hop additions for this brew. And while i am at it what is the best way to learn about hop combinations, how much to add and so on. Is it just a matter of experimenting or is there any good reading on the subject??
Thanks in advance for any help!

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Saturday Sep 22, 2007 7:27 pm

Do yourself a favour and download a program such as beersmith or promash, trust me you wont regret it

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sunday Sep 23, 2007 4:43 pm

If you like the hop flavour without excessive bitterness, boil you hops for 15-20mins- no more than that though.

And go with Lethal's idea re the programme download.

Ivesy · Post by **Ivesy** » Monday Sep 24, 2007 4:59 pm

Thanks for the tips, been trying to download Beersmith but the beersmith.com site dosnt seem to be working. Is there another reliable site where you can download from?

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tuesday Sep 25, 2007 9:30 am

I just checked and downloads are fine. Click on the alternate http link, not the top one.