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
Grain: 4kg marris otter pale malt
400g Crystal rye malt
300g wheat
Hops: 40g Amarillo 90min
10g cascade 20min
20g Amarillo 10