Re: Brewing with Crystal Malt Extract
Posted by Brewess - Wed 5/6/98 17:46

Jon,

That's good to hear. I don't like Cascade, either. But I was never too fond of Juicy Fruit gum, either. Or grapefruit soda.

Anyway, I didn't mean to dis EKG. It's probably my favorite hop. I think it's not used much for bittering primarily because it's relatively low in alpha acids. You have to use a lot to get much bitterness, and that gets expensive.

Al's recipe only uses one ounce of Goldings, so it's not going to come out very bitter. That's probably OK because I suspect his gravity would be low, as well.

But I sure wouldn't dump all that Cascade on top of the Goldings. It would be a waste of the Goldings. Actually, I wouldn't put Goldings and Cascade in the same beer, but I know people do.

BTW--I like to use Northern Brewer as a bittering hop for IPAS and stouts, then add Fuggle and Goldings for aroma. Seems to work great, and you don't wind up with so much hop mass. Northern Brewer isn't really too bad on it's own.

And you're right. I'm relatively new to brewing and read a lot of books.

Brewess

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