Challenger hops

[robster62]

I've got about 200g of challenger hops, I often use them for bittering my Exmoor gold clone, but I need to use them up. Has anyone made smash with them? What was it like?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Summer Lightning
fir a smash just Maris & Challenger
for an unsmash add Torrefied wheat and finish with EKG.

 

[The Baron]

Sometimes some variety of English hops get pigeon holed as Bittering hops when they have a good flavour of their own.
Challenger, Admiral, Target, Northdown etc.
I have just done a Admiral only English Ale

 

[Gingerbrews]

Have done a great SMASH which is a clone of Coniston Bluebird

 

[An Ankoù]

Summer Lightning
fir a smash just Maris & Challenger
for an unsmash add Torrefied wheat and finish with EKG.

Are you sure, CC? I understood Summer Lightning to be an MO and EKG SMaSH. But I'll bet a Challenger SMaSH is well worth making.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I use challenger in my Saison. It works out nicely, complimenting the spicy flavours from the yeast

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Are you sure, CC? I understood Summer Lightning to be an MO and EKG SMaSH. But I'll bet a Challenger SMaSH is well worth making.

I make Summer Lightning with MO, a bit of Torrefied wheat, bitter with Challenger and use EKG @15m and whirlpool 85C.

PS I follow Graham Wheelers recipe and add some Torrefied wheat.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I make Summer Lightning with MO, a bit of Torrefied wheat, bitter with Challenger and use EKG @15m and whirlpool 85C.

PS I follow Graham Wheelers recipe and add some Torrefied wheat.

I'm looking to make an English blonde ale come spring. I might try this

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I'm looking to make an English blonde ale come spring. I might try this

Both Exmoor Gold and Summer Lightning are great beers and my goto blonde/golden ale. I normally have one or the other on tap.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I preferred Crop Circle to Summer lightning.. but that was in the pre-GF days before they tinkered with Crop Circle to make it their GF beer (and thus more expensive)

 

[DuncR]

Have done a great SMASH which is a clone of Coniston Bluebird

Ginger, do you have a recipe for this?

 

[robster62]

I need to use these up so I might make a smash. Does anyone have any hop addition timings etc

 

[Agentgonzo]

I need to use these up so I might make a smash. Does anyone have any hop addition timings etc

They can be used as both a bittering hop and an aroma hop, so can go in at any point you like
https://www.hopslist.com/hops/dual-purpose-hops/challenger/

 

[Gingerbrews]

Ginger, do you have a recipe for this?

3.3kg Pale Malt (Crafty Maltsters)

40g Challenger @ 60mins
20g Challenger @ 10 mins
MJ Liberty Bell

60 min mash @ 66C 60 min boil
OG 1040
FG 1006

The original recipe included 100g of Crystal (but I didn't have any)

 

[DuncR]

3.3kg Pale Malt (Crafty Maltsters)

40g Challenger @ 60mins
20g Challenger @ 10 mins
MJ Liberty Bell

60 min mash @ 66C 60 min boi
OG 1040
FG 1006

The original recipe included 100g of Crystal (but I didn't have any)

I guess this aims at about 15/16l

 

[robster62]

I'll give that recipe a go but times everything by 1.5 for 23l

 

[Gingerbrews]

Did it for 19l

 

[robster62]

@Gingerbrews what was the OG?

 

[DuncR]

@Gingerbrews, I make that a keg happy days, next brew day sorted