Which hop(s) go nicely with Bramling X?

[MyQul]

What hop combo's would go nice with bramling x for a bitter?

 

[An Ankoù]

Fuggles.
Bramling Cross is considered to be more suited to darker beers, but in a bitter, stick them in early and mid and finish with fuggles for something amazing.

 

[Clint]

Not ****** letting out your secrets....?

 

[MyQul]

Not ****** letting out your secrets....?

I have no secrets. Im an open book (well apart from that one night with the mop, hand cuffs and armadillo, but the less said about that the better)

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Fuggles.
Bramling Cross is considered to be more suited to darker beers, but in a bitter, stick them in early and mid and finish with fuggles for something amazing.

Agreed. My porter recipe uses Bramling Cross and Fuggles.

 

[MyQul]

Some fug luv it is then. I used to go to a pub that had a BX bitter specially brewed for i called Rye ale. Except it didnt have any rye in it. It was called that because the pub is on peckham rye (Peckham rye is a large open green space. William Blake is said to have had visions of Angels on peckham rye)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I've just made Otter Ale with Fuggles and Bramling Cross

 

[An Ankoù]

To deviate slightly. Does anyone use WGV? Is it a true Goldings or a Fuggle?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

From what I’ve read it is more similar to Fuggles - but not the same as either Fuggles or Goldings. It’s seemingly the result of open pollinated Bates Brewer hops used extensively by Wye College.

 

[Slid]

There is a recipe for Bellhaven Wee Heavy which uses about 100g of WGV, mainly for bittering to balance a fairly malt forward beer. This is a brilliant beer and is the only time I have used WGV.

 

[marshbrewer]

I use it in porters. Very underrated hop IMHO.

 

[Zephyr259]

I paired bramling cross with first gold in my last bitter, I suspect the FG has overpowered them a bit as I'm not getting the flavour I expected and it's similar to my usual first gold based bitter. Still a nice flavour though.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I'm not a Fuggles fan, but I love Bramling Cross - about 2:1 Goldings:BX is possibly my favourite combination for a best bitter.

It does show quite a lot of vintage variation though - the 2018 BX was far more like its Goldings mother, the usual blackcurrant fruit was evaporated in the heatwave.

Not a fan of WGV either.

 

[MyQul]

I'm not a Fuggles fan, but I love Bramling Cross - about 2:1 Goldings:BX is possibly my favourite combination for a best bitter.

It does show quite a lot of vintage variation though - the 2018 BX was far more like its Goldings mother, the usual blackcurrant fruit was evaporated in the heatwave.

Not a fan of WGV either.

I could also try a BX/EKG combo as I have some EKG in the fridge. I'm currently enjoying an ordinary bitter hopped with EKG/Styrian Goldings