Change of hops

[FirebladeAdam]

I make a lovely IPA with Cascade hops (so really I suppose it's an APA!). Anyway I think I might be bored of cascade... What else should i try? What hop could I substitute it for? It would be lovely to use an English hop; I've got Harlequin but I use it for a bitter I make... My feeling is it wouldn't suit the IPA.
Here's the recipe for the interested:
4 kg pale ale malt
1 kg wheat malt
85g crystal 240
250 g carapils
80g terrified oats
66C 1x hr
60 mins 10g cascade
30 mins 10g cascade
0 mins 60g cascade
45 minute hopstand
Pitch Llaemand Nottingham

So if I was going to change the hop what do you think?? I've never tried Nelson Sauvin but would that work ok?,
Thanks clever folk

 

[Cwrw666]

First Gold is quite nice in a pale ale. Gives an orange flavour rather than the grapefruit of cascade.
I always use EKG as the bittering hops though so overall the flavour is floral plus orange.

 

[stubrewworx]

I recently did a first gold smash which i enjoyed. Thinking about using first gold again, but with some added crystal or munich and possibly bitter with target or magnum and use more first gold at the end.

So.... to first gold

 

[FirebladeAdam]

Cool... Thanks guys, I think Magnum is a very heavyweight hop! Brill for bittering though in my opinion. I'll read about EKG and First Gold is no doubt a good shout

 

[Moe]

I’ve made an IPA with Bramling cross.

when it was fresh it was a bit weird, still hazy and tasted something like I imagine a cross between a bitter and IPA would taste like.

however a few weeks in the keg and it’s really come into its own. It’s a proper nice IPA

 

[FirebladeAdam]

That's fab to know thank you! I'll look at that one too

 

[FirebladeAdam]

I love in the OP the idea of Terrified oats! Scary stuff

 

[stubrewworx]

That is good to know @Moe, I'm bottling my bram x ipa tomorrow, I'm dry hopping part of it with bram x too

 

[Moe]

I did 200g in total.

I never follow my own advice as I’m always impatient to get stuck into a new brew, butthis definitely improved loads by letting it condition a while.

 

[stubrewworx]

I have northdown to bitter, ekg flavour and then more northdown and bram x at 0. We'll see