Just be aware, if planning an all saaz beer this year with fresh hops - The AA of the crop this year is just 2.2 AA, due to the dry summer in Europe, so you will need approx double the hops.
Cheers Ross
I'm with Seth on this one.Well-recommended for a wheat beer, the old Saaz.
Ross: Are you buying twice the amount?The AA of the crop this year is just 2.2 AA
I recently made a standard pale ale only using Saaz and it came out pretty good. At the same time, I made a Sterling pale ale as well, and I like that one better. What I'd recommend is bittering with Sterling (if you guys can get that) and maybe using Sterling at 20-30 minutes, and then finish with three or four additions of Saaz. That would be awesome!
As for grain bill, try something like 85% Maris Otter, 5% light crystal (~20 EBC), 5% medium crystal (~80 EBC), and 5% aromatic or melanoidin or biscuit. Great stuff!
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