Admiral Hops

[Joetp]

Hey everyone!

Been looking into British hops recently and I see Admiral is one of the highest AA British hops and seems to almost have similar descriptors as some of the US/New World hops.

I wondered if anyone has used it to success? I'm tempted to try a SMASH with it.

Cheers!

 

[Stu's Brews]

Hey everyone!

Been looking into British hops recently and I see Admiral is one of the highest AA British hops and seems to almost have similar descriptors as some of the US/New World hops.

I wondered if anyone has used it to success? I'm tempted to try a SMASH with it.

Cheers!

I've used it a fair bit, mostly at various stages in the boil and really like it. You definitely get some orange / marmalade character from it.

Hook Norton do a single-hopped Admiral IPA called 'Flagship' that is worth trying if you want to see how it might come out.

 

[The Baron]

I have used it as a single hop in Bitters/ales very underated hop. Similar to Stu taste wise just use it later if you do not like it too bitter as that drowns the flavour of the hops

 

[MrRook]

I was happy with the results of brewing a strong bitter with it to bitter and progress hops to finish.

 

[Birdsnestbrewery]

Just noticed this thread. I use Admiral for bittering, as you say high AA makes it economical for that purpose. I've used it with good results on golden ale and bitter. I have never used it in a single-hop beer though.

 

[Cwrw666]

I brewed a pale ale smash with it once. Found it quite unpleasant when young but it mellowed out after a few weeks and was quite good then.

 

[Joetp]

Interesting! I ended up brewing an English pale ale with it a couple of weeks ago - I found the bitterness quite tame actually, but I used Admiral for bittering/hotside and then did a whirlpool and decent dry hop with Olicana. It's quite nice, but I'm not sure how much of it is the Olicana or the Admiral.

I do have a decent amount of Admiral left, so I may do some further experimentation with it. I found there's a lot of hype around Olicana being like a US hop - it is quite fruity, but there's definitely the classic British earthiness as well. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing though!

 

[Steven Thompson]

Hey everyone!

Been looking into British hops recently and I see Admiral is one of the highest AA British hops and seems to almost have similar descriptors as some of the US/New World hops.

I wondered if anyone has used it to success? I'm tempted to try a SMASH with it.

Cheers!

I am just looking into this hop now. Did you get around to brewing with Admiral?

 

[An Ankoù]

I bought a load in for my mild and, while I was waiting for the to come, I used another hop which tasted amazing I'd be interesting in having a go at a single hop bitter. Looking at the specs, the alpha acids are very high and the cohumulone is very high. One small bittering charge, a 5 minute charge and a whirlpool should do it, I think.

 

[Steven Thompson]

I was considering a Sierra Nevada Pale-style beer using these. Although a smaller bitter addition, but late additions and some dry hop. What do you think about that?

 

[An Ankoù]

I was considering a Sierra Nevada Pale-style beer using these. Although a smaller bitter addition, but late additions and some dry hop. What do you think about that?

Sounds good to me.
I'll be doing something just a tad lighter, with 90% Minch Lager Malt and 10% Light Melanoidin Malt. MJ-M54.
It;s a standard profile I use and it;s always good to limit the variables when trying something new, I reckon. The malt profile has enough backbone to handle a decent bit of bitterness,

 

[The Baron]

I have done all Admiral Beer and it was good for me

 

[The Baron]

This what I did for IBU's of 25.3
Hops
15 g Admiral Pellet 11 Boil 25 min
10 g Admiral Pellet 11 Boil 7 min
25 g Admiral Pellet 11 Whirlpool at 90 °C
ps I rarely do bittering hops nowadays

 

[Steven Thompson]

Nice - It's first time I will have brewed with it. The flavour profile looks great. I'm hoping for something resembling one of the sticky Cascade/Amarillo APA's. But more Britishy. Fingers crossed.

 

[The Baron]

Its not like American hops it is truly British so suits ale/bitter IMO.
but go for it I found it very pleasant in a Ale but British in taste

 

[Jim Brewster]

It's good for subtle aroma but it's more on the earthier side, I probably wouldn't like to overdo it

 

[The Baron]

I agree it's not for a IPA with overloading hops if you look at my hop schedule is is a total of 50g and some of that in a whirlpool to soften the bittering.
I would do it in a ale/bitter not in a IPA style

 

[marshbrewer]

On offer at CML at the moment, £12.45 for 450g

 

[Cwrw666]

I did an admiral smash once. It was quite unpleasant when young but became good after a few weeks.

 

[An Ankoù]

I did an admiral smash once. It was quite unpleasant when young but became good after a few weeks.

I was quite unpleasant when young, too, I don't think things have got any better.