Most Neutral Hop For Bittering?

[juzz1981]

Hi all,
Just wondering, what would the most neutral hop variety be for using as a bittering addition?

 

[ekul]

Super alpha and magnum are pretty good. My favourite is probably super alpha, but i haven't used it for quite some time now.

 

[bignath]

I havent used it but i asked a similar question years ago, and many brewers responded with northern brewer being a very good, neutral bitterer.

As i said, no experience with it though.

 

[manticle]

Most neutral one is the one you don't mind the flavour of.

 

[Rowy]

I'm a Northern Brewer fan. Just started usig the German T 45 variety which 15%. Haven't tried a beer with it yet though.

 

[davo4772]

Horizon is meant to be pretty neutral.

 

[vykuza]

I roll with magnum

 

[Bribie G]

Galena is good, and you can make Mexican style lagers as well, ol.

 

[adryargument]

Galena is good, and you can make Mexican style lagers as well, ol.

Gelena here, seems quite neutral to me - used on 10ish brews so far.

 

[QldKev]

I think Super Alpha would be the most neutral bittering hop for any style of beer, followed by Magnum.

 

[SJW]

For me Northern Brewer for a Lager and Magnum for an Ale.

 

[Bubba Q]

Last time I used warrior I remember it being fairly neutral

 

[bum]

Magnum's bittering is clean but it is firm - that may not be neutral for some. I always think "soft" when people talk neutral bitterness.

 

[Bribie G]

+1 - Last year I did a Bo Pils for the comp season. I was a bit iffy on the AA% of the Saaz I was using so I slipped in a bit of Magnum as insurance. It wasn't a lot, only around 15g and whamm - far too bitter <_<

So I tricked it up with some very late Hallertau and it was reborn as a German Pils and won a trophy B)

Now I'm very conservative with the Magnum (mine is German Magnum). Apparently GER Magnum is the second biggest grown hop there after the Hallertau Mittelfreuh "family" so I reckon it must be a favourite for Pils bittering, as I experienced myself.

 

[JaseH]

I haven't experimented a lot, but have been using Warrior a lot and like it.

 

[fraser_john]

+1 Magnum

Nice hop, I use it across the board for my 60 minute bittering hop.

 

[Nick JD]

Galena here. 60 minute boil and there's a tiny hint of berries, but it's tiny.

But in general ... the most neutral bittering hops are almost always the high AA% hops, simply because you use less of them. Some hops break this rule though - the big NZ hops come to mind.

Another thing a bit OT - have you ever noticed that the higher the AA%, the yellower the hop pellets? Saaz and Hallertau are dark greeny-blue, Galaxy is limey-yellow.

 

[yum beer]

A big fan or Northern Brewer, used it recently in czech lager with saaz to boost the IBU's without breaking the bank,

could only taste the saaz and really clean bitterness.

 

[hsb]

Northern Brewer or Magnum here too. Good point about the high alpha%. The total going in is dwarfed by the delicious flavour and aroma hops anyway.

 

[Kranky]

Warrior is a very clean bittering hop.