Progress, challenger and northdown

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Eh up,

My LHBS had some stock of these in the bargain bucket. I am now the owner of some progress, challenger and northdown hops.

I have never used Northdown or Progress before and wandered what style of beer is best for them??

 

[dennisking]

I use Northdown regular in pale ale/bitters. Have also used progress for the same style of beers but only occasionally. Challenger is very similar to Northdown and is one of the hops I have used the most over the years goes very well with EKG, very versatile.

 

[Mark1964]

i wouldnt say challenger is similar to northdown really. Challenger is an all round hop versatile in use where i thought that northdown was a hop to use sparingly in fact ive only used it once in a pale ale. northdown is very high in resins and mainly used for bittering

 

[graysalchemy]

I use challenger and northdown with target for bittering in my fullers esb clone along with ekg for aroma. Also used them in my barley wine.

 

[Good Ed]

You could use the Northdown with Fuggles and Goldings to do a Bathams Bitter from GW's book which is a cracking pint :thumb: