American IPA - Hop Bills and Analysis
During the last couple of years I’ve gradually been might be from the hop varieties put into a number of my personal favorite IPAs and Double IPAs. Their email list was stuck at the end of 1 of my personal favorite IPA recipes. however it is continuing to grow enough where It deserves its very own publish.
The data for this list originated from a multitude of sources. Many breweries publish their hop bills on their own websites, in some cases books, magazine articles, and podcasts have given recipes or ingredients from a brewery. I’ve also become good quality information by means of emails from breweries that other homebrewers have published to forums. However, as i reliable that all the information below was accurate at that time, hop choices frequently change with supply, demand, and taste. Must be brewery used a particular hops within their beer before, doesn’t mean they still do today.
Underneath the section listing the hops in every beer, I've tallied the amount of beers which contain each hop. From 192 total hop choices made (4.27 hop varieties per beer typically), 133 (69.3%) of individuals were just for seven varieties (Centennial, Simcoe, CTZ, Cascade, Amarillo, Chinook, and Citra). Typically the most popular hop, Centennial, was featured in 60% from the recipes! Only two 45 beers don't include a minumum of one of those top seven varieties (i.e. All downhill Nelson, and Hill Farmstead Universe) - Electricity Brau Around the Wings of Armageddon is made using the Falconer's Flight hop blend which I am sure contains a minumum of one of individuals top seven varieties.
The primary takeaway for me personally was the wide range of hop combinations which will make terrific beers. I've found it amazing that no 45 beers below share the very same mixture of hops! Although thinking about that simply taking individuals top 7 varieties, and presuming you are able to brew a beer with between 1-4 varieties, you will find 1,099 possible combinations that does not even range from the variations between utilizing the same varieties at different points during process or perhaps in different ratios! Frequently it's the hopping technique. and excellence of the hops that actually deserves the loan for creating an excellent IPA rahter compared to specific combination.
I'll keep updating their list. Pleased to take any suggestions, but let me only add things i believe are great beers. I don’t want this to become a listing of the hops in each and every IPA!
All downhill Hoppy Birthday - Off-shore Jade, Centennial, Amarillo, Columbus, Nelson Sauvin, Citra, and Simcoe.
All downhill Nelson - Nelson Sauvin and Southern Mix
All downhill Pure Hoppiness - Hallertau, Hersbrucker, Tomahawk, Cascade and Centennial
Avery Maharaja - Columbus, Centennial, and Simcoe
Ballast Point Sculpin - Mash hops: Simcoe, Boil: CTZ, Chinook, Cascade, Northern Maker, Centennial, Galena, Amarillo, Dry Hop: Amarillo and Simcoe. For any 5 gallon batch dry hop about 3 oz of every.
Bear Republic Racer 5 - Chinook, Cascade, Columbus, and Centennial
Bell's Hopslam - (2007) Hersbrucker, Centennial, Glacier, Vanguard, and Very within the kettle, after which dry jumped with Simcoe. In '09 there's a reference to Amarillo additionally to Simcoe within the dry hop.
Boulevard Double Wide - Zeus, Bravo, Chinook, Centennial, Cascade
Captain Lawrence Captain's Reserve - Columbus, Chinook, and Cascade (a commenter below claim that Simcoe is added too)
Cigar City Jai Alai - Kettle hops: Ahtanum, Columbus, Cascade, Amarillo, and Centennial. Dry jumped with Simcoe.
Coast The Boy King - Citra, Chinook, Nugget, Cascade, Centennial and Columbus.
Firestone Master Double Jack - Bittering: Warrior, Columbus Late Kettle: Cascade, and Centennial
Dry Hops: Amarillo, Cascade, and Centennial
Firestone Master Union Jack - Bittering: Magnum Late Kettle: Cascade, Centennial Dry Hops: Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Chinook, and Simcoe
Flying Fish Exit 16 - Firdst wort: Citra, Boil: Columbus, 5 min: Centennial: 3 min: Simcoe. Whirlpool: Citra. First Dry Hop: 50% Chinook, 50% Citra, Second Dry Hop: 75% Citra, 25% Columbus
Eco-friendly Flash Le Freak - Kettle: Summit and Nugget. Amarillo dry hop during fermentation
Hill Farmstead Abner - Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe, and Warrior (prev. Chinook, Citra, Columbus, Simcoe, and Warrior)
Hill Farmstead Ephraim - Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe, and Warrior
Ithaca Flower Power - Kettle: Simcoe, Cascade, Ahtanum, and Centennial. Dry-Hop: Simcoe, Amarillo, and Chinook
Kern River Citra Double IPA - Nugget to bitter, Citra within the kettle, and Citra and Amarillo dry hop
Lagunitas Sucks - Chinook, Simcoe, Apollo, Summit, Nugget, and HBC342
Port Hop 15 - Kettle: Challenger, Golding, Chinook, Tettnang, Magnum, Phoenix, Sterling, Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, Columbus, Galena, Amarillo, Saaz, and Aurora. Dry hop: Simcoe and Centennial.
Russian River Pliny the Elder - Kettle hop extract, Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial, and Amarillo. Dry Hop Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial, and Amarillo.
Russian River Pliny the More youthful - Bittered with extract, Amarillo extract mid-boil, Amarillo and Simcoe (plus others?) within the boil.
Dry Hop Schedule
DH 1 Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial for just one week and take away
DH 2 Amarillo, Centennial for just one week and take away
DH 3 Simcoe for just one week and take away
DH 4 Simcoe, Amarillo Dry Hop in Keg
Smuttynose Big A IPA - 2008: Nugget, Cascade, Centennial, Very, Chinook, Sterling.
Smuttynose "Finestkind" - Bittering: Magnum Flavoring: Simcoe, Centennial, Santiam Dry hops: Amarillo
Southern Tier Unearthly IPA - Kettle Hops: Chinook and Cascade, Hop Back: Styrian Golding, Dry Jumped: Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook
Stone tenth Anniversary - Bittering: Summit. Whirlpool: Chinook and Very. Dry hop: Simcoe and Very.
Stone IPA - Chinook, Columbus, and Centennial
Stone Ruination - Bittering: Columbus. Whirlpool: Centennial. Dry hop: Centennial
Surly 16 Grit/Abrasive - Warrior, Citra (Formerly CTZ bittering extract, Amarillo, and Columbus. Before that, kettle jumped with CTZ extract, Amarillo and Glacier hops. Two times dry-jumped with Glacier and Amarillo).
Surly Furious - Warrior, Ahtanum, Simcoe, and Amarillo
Tre gs Nugget Nectar - Nugget, Warrior, Tomahawk, Simcoe, Palisade. Hop back: Nugget
Three Floyds Dreadnaught - Warrior, Simcoe, Centennial, and Cascade
Town Hall Masala Mama - Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, and Mt. Hood
Count from the hops used:
Centennial 27
Simcoe 24
CTZ (Columbus, Tomhawk, or Zeus) 20
Cascade 19
Amarillo 16
Chinook 16
Citra 11
Warrior 7
Nugget 6
Summit 4
Ahtanum 3
Very 3
Magnum 3
Nelson Sauvin 3
Hersbrucker 2
Sterling 2
Galena 2
Hop Extract 2 (most likely more)
1 each (Falconer Flight, Mt Hood, Tettnang, Styrian Golding, Northern Maker, Willamette, Off-shore Jade, Santiam, Southern Mix, Hallertau, Glacier, Bravo, Vanguard, Universe, HBC342, Apollo, Challenger, Golding, Tettnang, Phoenix, Saaz, Aurora, Palisade, and Riwaka)
Credit to Auror
Trillium Speed Mettle - Single dry jumped form of Mettle.
Trillium Mettle - Citra, Amarillo and Columbus
Trillium Heavy Mettle - Citra, Amarillo and Columbus (plus 30%)
Trillium Vicinity - Universe (mainly), Citra, and Columbus.
Trillium Facebook-90 - Double dry jumped with Universe, Mosaic and Columbus
Trillium Public House - Chinook, Centennial, Columbus
Trillium Fort Point/DDHFP - Citra, Columbus
Trillium Congress St - Universe, Columbus
Trillium Melcher Street / DDH Melcher Street - Mosaic, Columbus
Trillium Sleeper St/DDHSS - El Dorado, Columbus
Trillium A Street - Amarillo, Columbus
Another factor to think about is lot selection. We obtain multiple plenty of, say, Centennial each year, because both versions possess a distinct aroma. We've our #1 for dry hopping after which others for warm-side.
We ran from our DH centennial lately for any couple of days coupled with to dry hop a few batches with another large amount of Centennial from the different farm. We ran taste panels to find out if there have been noticeable variations within the beers (take into account that this really is one number of 6 within the dry hop) and something was generally perceived and much more dank/oniony, while another was more fruity.
I don't have extensive experience doing selection, but from things i understand, there's this kind of range on the majority of the broadly-grown aroma varieties. You are able to bet the cascade that Sierra Nevada will get isn't the same Cascade at Lagunitas is buying.
For that Passion for Hops has some interesting notes on hop selection. I had been amazed that Deschutes has switched lower their most favorite plenty of certain hop varieties simply because they didn't match the conventional profile of the beers. Appeared like you could discover another use, particularly with multiple systems!
