I harvested my chinook hops a month ago and plan on brewing an APA this week.
I usually use 100g of cascade added to the boil at 25g every 15 mins. I'ev at times added Amarillo to with 50g less of the cascade - a great beer BTW!
Anyone got a good mix using Cascade, Amarillo and utilising my Chinook as either a dry hop or added during the boil?
I've never used chinook before, but i've been led to believe it's a great APA hop, akin to cascade.
Cheers.
Daron
Fresh Chinook hops
Fresh Chinook hops
How shall we f--- off, Oh Lord?
Re: Fresh Chinook hops
Ended up with >800g (dry) off my chinook plant this year (as well as enough from the POR, Cascade, Golding and Victoria to so a single hop batch of each)
Made a chinook ale last year using a neutral bittering hop.
Its nothing like US chinook, or at least, mine wasn't/isn't.
A lot more like B Saaz - the kiwi hop (now called Riwaka IIRC).
Very very nice. If you have enough to do a single hop beer i would suggest trying that as you get a better understanding of what the hop does in a beer.
Otherwise, blend it with cascade for something akin to LCBA - Link
Made a chinook ale last year using a neutral bittering hop.
Its nothing like US chinook, or at least, mine wasn't/isn't.
A lot more like B Saaz - the kiwi hop (now called Riwaka IIRC).
Very very nice. If you have enough to do a single hop beer i would suggest trying that as you get a better understanding of what the hop does in a beer.
Otherwise, blend it with cascade for something akin to LCBA - Link