Homegrown Chinook Hops SMASH Beer Tasting - Is It Any Good?
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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A tremendously hop forward, fruity, resin filled Chinook hop SMaSH beer that was brewed with homegrown Chinook hops.
John has several varieties of hops growing in his yard. Each year, he finds new ways to experiment with the using the hops. This year, he has taken the Chinook hops and created this quite surprising SMASH beer.
John felt this beer had a lot of resin, pine, and American hop character. I however really was blown away by how fruity the combo of hops and English Ale Yeast was.
Man what a good beer.
Check it out.
I know this is an old video, but still gonna chime in. I'm doing my best to grow hops, i've tried for 4 years running now. I live in a small coastal town in south australia. The climate is right, but where I live is a small acreage surrounded by grazing land and foot hills. The wind tears through and demolishes the hops plants, not to mention the salty air from the ocean. I'll keep trying though.
Keep trying - hope the winds stay light for your hops sake. - John
That´s typical for Maris Otter. That is protein haze, 100%! But you can test it. Put a few drops of sodium hydroxide (5%) in a small sample. If it is protein haze it will clear up instantly.
Thank Felix, Brew on! - John
Cheers! from North Queensland Australia. That's what's stopping me 😂. If only I could grow hops. I do enjoy watching you guys pick apart a good beer though, cheers again.
Thanks Chris!
I live 200 miles north of Kent here in Yorkshire. I've got Centennial Chinook and Cascade growing. They're drying up now and should be ready in about a week. I've noticed that Cascade have no grapefruit flavour but are hugely floral. Hops seem to be more terroir expressive than grapes. We've had the hottest summer on record this year so I'm hopeful of some American flavours.
Nice - yes, I absolutely agree that the terroir has a large effect on the hops. Great luck to you and your varieties. Hopeful that they pack a big citrus punch. - John
“Holding Haze” is such a great way to say that. Very interesting flavor descriptions, Mike. I get Chinook from my local brew shop, and I live in Portland Oregon. My typical recipe is a simple smash (my last batch had some cascade as well, which is not a smash... I know). Cheers
10 ounces of whole cone hops are probably the reason for the haze. I have learned that more is better when it comes to brewing with my homegrown hops. - John
I thought you guys might be interested to know you're not the only ones to find chinook tasting different depending in where it's grown. My homegrown Chinook are the best of the 7 varieties that I grow, Western NY. Less resin and pine more fruit and the most wonderful citrus aroma. Also brulosophy posted this today. brulosophy.com/2018/09/13/the-hop-chronicles-california-chinook-2018/
Excellent - thank you! I am hopeful for the Cascade that we just harvested. We shall see. - John
I too live in western ny and i was planning to grow Chinook (my favorite). Do you think the souls here lends to fruity flavor? I really prefer pine, resin, bitter hops. Not so much fruit. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Hey their another great video once again. I am thinking about growing some hops next season, just woundering what state are you located in, tying to figure out what hops would grow best in my area here in Michigan.
Also what hops tend to grow the easiest.
We live in Massachusetts. My brother and I have had success growing 4 different varieties. It's hard to say which one grew the best/easiest. Pick one that you think you'll get a lot of use out of and go for it. - John
I am in northwest indiana not far from michigan. We had cascade, magnum, centenniel, northern brewer, and columbus growing pretty good before the animals got hungry. We also tried wilamette and mt. Hood but those didn't come up too well.
Hi just wondering why the home grown hops need to be used in such great amounts compared to shop brought ones
Everything else grown at home seems to have more flavour
Hey clive - It's a good question. I am not sure why but for me and from my experience brewing with my homegrown hops over the years, I didn't get really pronounced hop flavor until I started to add large amounts to my brew kettle. I am defining large amounts as a half pound (~227 grams) or more. I brewed with smaller amounts - closer to the amounts in typical homebrew recipes - but I never got the flavor or the aroma I wanted. I overload these beers so the hops shine through mostly because if I am going to present this beer as having hops from my own yard, they better be the lead flavor. - John
What's conditioning behind you guys in those three carboys?
I think those carboys are filled with sour beers just doing their thing. - John
Wish I could grow hops, but in the AZ desert that is a losing battle...
Yeah, I know. We on the higher longitude parallels have an easier time. - John
Cheers just subscribed , we grow our own hops also , not a good crop this year for us , we brew our own beer make mead and wine also . Check us out and sub back Prost
Cheers and brew on. Subbing back at ya. - John
Asking what stops us from growing our own, the answer is deer. Too many battles have been lost. Its just not worth it when you live on a forest preserve with deer that have no fear
Check out the DrHans Brewery channel. The way he grows his hops could work for you.
Sorry about the deer. We have them too but I haven't had an issue. One year a skunk dug up my rhizomes after the first thaw so I have used chicken wire laid down on top of the ground to keep them out but no deer issues. I probably just jinxed myself. - John
Ya we put a big fence up sprayed deterrent and tried a few other internet things but the deer won lol. We may try again in future but needed a year off from the headaches after last year
Agreed - nobody's got time for aggressive deer.
Because allspice is lazy. Blazeallday
Sure.