to help me decide which hops to use
when I'm dry hopping this beer
I have conducted a brief experiment
I have dry hopped two bottles
one with Citra, one with Magnum
and left them for about half a day
to develop some flavour
so let's pour these out
now this is going to be interesting
I want to catch the hop debris in here
but I also want the glass at an angle
so the beer doesn't fob up too much
let's see if this works at all
OK that seems to be doing the trick
right, so that there is the Magnum
now for the Citra
now, it does appears that the Citra
has more carbonation in it for some reason
even though they've not been bottle conditioned at all
they were both poured out from the same keg
admittedly one foamed-up a bit more
and I think that was the Magnum
so it would probably have lost some of the carbonation
either way
it's good enough to give me some idea
already I can smell the fact that it has been dry hopped
you've got more of a sort of a fresh green aroma
right I have to say having been in the beer
for only a few hours
and obviously a fairly slapdash approach of dosing
by just sticking an amount in
it's not taken on a massive amount, but
there is some sort of citrusy note there
now, how about the Magnum
Wow, now that is pungent
ah, right-ho
now, where people have made comments
on various forums about it being too earthy
I can see what they mean
and I could see how that could be an issue
if you use more, if you used too much
I could see how that could be
an overwhelmingly sort of fusty note
but with a small amount of it
it's got more of an orangey kind of note to it
so I think I will definitely use the Magnum
but be careful how much of it that I use
and I might be more generous with the Citra
and we'll see how that goes
well, I'm happy I've made a decision
excellent
Oh tell you what, one more thing
let's try something else
what are they like combined?
right, so, Magnum in... Citra in...
still that Magnum coming through there
yeah
I'll do that
get out you little b@*ard
stupid f*@king idea that was
