Best Value Bittering Hop

[boingk]

Pride of Ringwood + $43/kg = can't be bothered getting anything else haha

EDIT: 400th post, woohoo!

 

[Mantis]

Pride of Ringwood + $43/kg = can't be bothered getting anything else haha

EDIT: 400th post, woohoo!

Hehe, a beer god that brews in a cupboard. :super:

 

[boingk]

Indeed, indeed. Uni has sort of forced me to do that, I'm in my final year and live on campus. For some stupid reason they are against homebrewing, so I have to hide the fermenter...and the only place I can do that in my room is in my wardrobe haha.

Temp control is a bit of an issue, but maintaining good ale temps isn't too bad [16-18'C winter, 18-20'C summer]. It sure beats buying Tooheys or mixed spirits like most of the people around the place at any rate. Can't wait to get my own place and a decent setup next year!

Cheers - boingk

 

[brendanos]

I'm generally a "bitter everything with Horizon" kinda guy, but I think Nelson Sauvin rates in terms of value in that it can be used for the whole spectrum of hopping needs. Glacier is one that I want to check out, 11-13% cohumulone sounds amazing, though the lowish AA (5-6%) is a bit of a deal breaker.

 

[browndog]

I'm surprised nobody has metioned Warrior, at 16.4% AA, it's got tobe good value for money for bittering. The description on Craftbrewer mentions it being a smooth bittering hop. I have always used Magnum for bittering, but with it unavailable and my stock just about run out, I just bought enough Warrior to ride out the shortage Better try an APA with it next brew and see how it goes.

cheers

Browndog

 

[Steve]

My hop of choice for bittering would be Northern Brewer.

+1 tis good

 

[troydo]

please keep me posted BD, ive been looking at that fopr a while... and i couldnt find any reviews on AHB.

 

[T.D.]

I'm still using up hops I bought around a year ago! Went through a bit of a buying frenzy, so hopefully that will allow me to ride out the hop shortage!
In the freezer I have POR, Target, Super Alpha, Warrior and Simcoe. All seem to be pretty good bittering hops. I also have others like Amarillo and Bramling that have fairly decent alphas and could be used for bittering.

 

[devo]

Horizon are an excellent bittering hop which work really in pale ales but lately I been trying out NZ Southern Cross flowers in bot lagers and ales and enjoying the results but can't say if I'm getting great economic value or not.