I have been brewing for about 4 months and have done 10 brews. I have a partial mash kit for a nut brown ale. The kit uses 1 oz Kent Golding hops at the start of the boil and then 1/2 oz fuggle at the 15 min and 5 min points. I was considering not using the fuggle and adding 1/2 oz Mt. Hood at the 15 min point and 1/2 oz Willamette at the 5 min. point.
I came up with these hops from a Moose Drool clone recipe and my wife loves Moose Drool. I thought this might add some Moose Drool characteristics to my nut brown. Is this flawed thinking? How much is hop choice dependent on the grains being used? Would having software like Beersmith help me figure this out on my own.
I came up with these hops from a Moose Drool clone recipe and my wife loves Moose Drool. I thought this might add some Moose Drool characteristics to my nut brown. Is this flawed thinking? How much is hop choice dependent on the grains being used? Would having software like Beersmith help me figure this out on my own.