Light hoppy beer with just Fuggles and Goldings?

[AdamC]

Hi all,

Looking to brew something with my 'leftover' ingredients fairly shortly. I'd like to do a real light, hoppy, face-twisting beer but have only got Fuggles and Goldings left in stock at the moment. Has anyone had success making a really nice hoppy beer with these? I'm not feeling hopeful, so would I be better off getting in some Cascade to do the bulk of the work?

 

[Aleman]

Pale ales have been made with just fuggles and goldings for the best part of 200 years so why are tehy not going to work for you.

personally I would aim to get half my bittering from the fuggles boiled for 90 minutes, and then really hop Bomb it at 15 minutes to get teh remaining 50% Bittering with the goldings for a really big hop hit . . . but you will use a lot of hops doing that.

 

[Bru4u]

Hi Adam,
This is my house beer, Fuggelite, I cant get enough of it but I use First Gold for bittering, that would not be too important, I tend to add more Fuggles now when I start chilling.
Video Link Go To the last post

Fugglite

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 80.00 Wort Size (L): 80.00
Total Grain (kg): 13.30
Anticipated OG: 1.045 Plato: 11.15
Anticipated SRM: 4.0
Anticipated IBU: 31.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Min

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Extract SRM
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100.0 13.30 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Ireland 1.045 3

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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100.00 g. First Gold Pellet 6.50 26.7 60 min.
100.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 4.3 15 min.
100.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 0.0 0 min.

Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale
I love this beer and hopoe it helps you.
Bru

 

[AdamC]

Thanks for the replies, guys! For a 5gal brew, assuming I use only Fuggles and Goldings, what sort of amount of hops would allow me to achieve the maximum bittering and flavour?

 

[Aleman]

How much of each hop do you have . . . and what is the %Alpha on the packet?

 

[AdamC]

How much of each hop do you have . . . and what is the %Alpha on the packet?

Hi mate,

Goldings are 4.6% 100g and 5.9% 80g~
Fuggles 3.9% 40g~ and 4.9% 90g~

 

[Bru4u]

Try this, you may need to sdjust slightly for the pellet and alpha diferences, 39 IBU is about right for me in this beer but it's a personal thing and up to you really

Batch Size (L): 21.00 Wort Size (L): 21.00
Total Grain (kg): 4.00
Anticipated OG: 1.048 Plato: 11.99
Anticipated SRM: 4.4
Anticipated IBU: 39.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Extract SRM
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100.0 4.00 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Ireland 1.048 3

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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40.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.10 35.1 90 min.
25.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 4.1 15 min.
25.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale