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G'day all,
I'm about to start the sparge for an APA I mashed in this morning. I stopped by the local HBS and picked up some essentials....and 100g of Millenium Hops (14.4% A/A).

Has anyone bittered an APA with them? I'm thinking about replacing the Chinook bittering addition with them - Amarillo for flavour and Cascade at flameout...

Cheers,
TL

Never used them, and hadn't even heard of them till your post.

I'd be interested to know how they are. Seem to have a very good A/A%.

It is a good hop with a smooth bitterness. Perfect for this style IMHO.

Well, 38 IBU's of it are in the batch - along with about 10 IBU's of Amarillo (20 minute flavouring addition).

It's chilling right now and smells very promising. Clarity is outstanding - this hop looks quite good as a bittering hop - it kinda smells like a cross between Nugget and Northern Brewer... I did a 90 minute boil and added them with 60 to go.

Cheers,
TL

Yes nice hop TL...just did a Americain IPA with this...smells awesome..
Just O/T..i have been adding a t/spoon of Gypsum to my mash..really puts some oomph intp my hop profile.
Cheers

After I finished the clean-up, I recalculated the batch....er, I got a bit heavy handed with the Millenium and added 24g of it (14.4% A/A) and Promash says it should be around 61 IBU's!! I pulled back the Amarillo 20 minute addition to compensate and to emphasise the flavour / bittering profile of the Millenium so I can see what it tastes like.

I too added Gypsum to the mash and so this should be a nice hophead pale ale - hopefully the Munich II will help balance things but this is not a subtle pale ale!!

I ended up with 23L at 1.044 in the fermenter (around 80% efficiency). If it works out ok, I'll publish the recipe (after I put some in the club comp!!).

Cheers,
TL

TL,

Were they Aussie or American Millenium?

cheers Ross

Good call Ross. I should have mentioned that we use the Aussie Millenium...

G'day Ross,
Yes, Aussie...

Well, I am currently enjoying this keg on tap right now. I had an Anzac day BBQ and the gathered throng gave it the thumbs up big time! This is a very nice hop - it's smoother than Cascade, Amarillo and Chinook but still gives a very nice American Pale Ale bittering flavour profile to the beer. Highly recommended and they complement the Amarillo flavour hop addition nicely.

Cheers,
TL

tazman67 wrote:..i have been adding a t/spoon of Gypsum to my mash..really puts some oomph intp my hop profile.
Cheers

Yep, you can thank the calcium for that!

Cheers,
TL

Good on ya TL, thanks for the update mate! I find it works real well with Galaxy.

It's complementing the Munich II very nicely at the moment!!

Trough Lolly wrote:It's complementing the Munich II very nicely at the moment!!

We still need that drool icon!

I tried to take a pic of the glass but the batteries are dead - so I'll recharge and have another pint and get back to you!!

Cheers
TL

Here ya go!

Great colour TL! I think you might have some serious keg evaporation problems with this one