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hops Styrian Goldings (Celeia) Hop Pellets BREWING QUALITY Styrian Goldings Styrian Golding Hop pellets are an aroma type which has a low alpha acid content of 4.5%-6.0%. This very well established variety offers a delicate bitterness with a distinctive very flavor and aroma. Moderate myrcene and caryophyllene levels and the humulene is on the high […]
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The Platinum program involves opening up the White Labs yeastbank with three unique strains every two months. New for 2011! Three new Platinum strains: WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend, WLP815 Belgian Lager, and WLP670 American Farmhouse Blend. Jan/Feb: WLP022 Essex Ale WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend WLP815 Belgian Lager Mar/Apr: WLP009 Australian Ale WLP351 Bavarian Weizen
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If you are serious about brewing your own beer you’ll need to learn about hops. Hops are one of several key ingredients in beer necessary to create the classic flavour and aroma beer is known for. They are actually responsible for the bitter flavour that beer tends
Aroma Hops The following is a table is a list of aroma hops commonly used in the final minutes of the wort boil to give flavour and aroma to your beer. They a usually the lower alpha type varieties with distinctive flavours and aroma. These aroma hops are also ones used for dry hopping .
Bittering Hops The use of hops is for bittering. Bittering hops additions are boiled for 45-90 minutes to isomerize the alpha acids; the most common interval being one hour. Because of this, high alpha bittering hops varieties can be used to provide the bulk of the bitterness without hurting the taste of the beer. If
VARIETY ALPHA ACID% ORIGIN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDED USE Boadicea 9-11 UK Sovereign Challenger Bitters Centennial 7-12 USA Green Bullet Cascade Columbus Chinook All US Ale styles, has been used with US Wheatbeers Challenger 6-9 UK NorthdownNorthern BrewerFirst Gold English style Ale, Porter, Stout, ESB, Bitter, BarleyWine, Brown Ales Chinook 11-15 USA Columbus Simcoe
Beer Malt The Chart below describes Castle Maltings wide range of base and specialty Beer malt which are of the highest quality, allowing you to brew every beer style from Pilsen, Ales, Stouts, Porters, Abbey beers and all the rest Belgian beer malts offer quality and performance specifications that are markedly better than German British
Amarillo Hop Pellets BREWING QUALITY Amarillo Hop Pellets is a relatively new American hop variety that has been described as “super Cascade.” The bitterness is between 8 and 11%, making Amarillo a good hop for flavor and aroma additions. The flavor profile is very citrusy, especially leaning toward a distinct orange flavor and aroma. Amarillo
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