well im on the hop growing band wagon as well with cascade going strong in the vegi patch about 6 feet tall and shooting laterals (pics too come),looking for inspiration on another 1 or 2 varieties to grow as i have plenty of room. i love my ales as in Australian/american pale golden ect and would like a hop to go in with the cascade but also love English ales and stout, help me out with suggestions and appropriate beer style guys, was thinking fuggles or similar and maybe Chinook? can we get hold of and grow Amarillo??
done three. 1 mangrove jacks, average and expensive. 2 of my own with 23-25 l of apple juice and half a kg sugar boiled in 1 l of water and a tin or two of passion fruit pulp, used cider yeast and they turned out amazing after a few weeks in the bottle, i like them dry and that's how they turn out almost wine like. i will admit to dry hopping both with cascade after some research and recommend trying it, im going Amarillo next time....... easiest brews ive done.
haven't been on much but still at it, done a grolsch and German pils over winter (the grolcsh is amazing) and a apple and passion fruit cider. just putting one down now with some leftover hops from earlier in the year..... so here goes. 2 kg ldm 1 kg dextrose 300 grams crystal 20 grams galaxy @30 10 grams vic secret @30 7 grams (coz thats all i had) vic secret @15 25l us05 dry hop 5 days in with???? love any suggestions, looking at Amarillo or sticking too galaxy possibly..... want it to be overly hoppy. will be in the tub for about 7-12 days and then racked to clear up a bit for another 7-12.... on another note ive got cascade coming up nicely in my already overcrowded vegi patch and am looking forward to making beer with my own hops for fun.
Bulk conditioning, how long is REALLY necessary?