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mickeyt69

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I recently made a brew with amarillo and cascade its been conditioning for a couple of months now and when I have sampled it it has a taste/nose of pine needles this isnt a characteristic I have noted before with these varieties of hops i wouldnt say its an offensive taste just not great. I am pretty sure i stopped sparging at 1010 has anyone else experienced a similar problems or is it just that these two hops dont like each other?? anyway here is a copy of the recipe i used:-

Grain: 4kg marris otter pale malt
400g Crystal rye malt
300g wheat

Hops: 40g Amarillo 90min
10g cascade 20min
20g Amarillo 10
 
Well, American hops are more piney and resiney than UK hops but those two have never struck me as being particularly so. When I think of pine needle hops I think of Chinook and some of the other more aggressive US hops.

As far as the two hops not going well together, I've use them in multiple beers and they are great together.
 
Thanks for the reply. that's what I thought maybe it needs more maturing time. Cheers
 
Slightly off topic, but I tried a bottle of Alba Scots Pine Ale a while back and it was .... well let's just say it was different :shock:
This is brewed without hops and they use spruce buds/needles to flavour. Worth a try, but I can see why you are not jumping with joy having created a pine beer! ;) I'm sure it'll be fine once it's matured (as you said). :thumb:
 
Yeh and if not I can always give it to people I don't like or start serving it when I want people to go home !
 


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