Invertalon
Well-Known Member
I ordered in a pound of Columbus with my order a few months ago from Yakima, 2015 harvest.
I brewed a big DIPA last week and Columbus was basically the primary bittering hop, at around 3oz.
When I measured out the hop, I noticed it had an oniony aroma to it. I planned to use this in my dry hop as well to get a very dank like IPA, but the aroma has me concerned a bit... I tweaked my dry hop to eliminate Columbus.
Fast forward 10 days, I pulled a hydro sample and of course enjoyed the sample afterward. No oniony character or aroma, but I did get that incredible dankness (also used a bit of Simcoe, Centennial and a touch of Citra for late additions and the hop stand). Really awesome stuff.
Does anyone else pick up onion in the aroma of Columbus? It's like a faint green onion or something, but perhaps that is just part of the "dank" qualities of this hop? Not sure... First time using it myself so I can't compare it with other harvests/suppliers/batches.
If this quality is not typical, I will likely just stick to using it for bittering additions only or buy individual ounces for dry hop if needed from the LHBS.
Thanks!
I brewed a big DIPA last week and Columbus was basically the primary bittering hop, at around 3oz.
When I measured out the hop, I noticed it had an oniony aroma to it. I planned to use this in my dry hop as well to get a very dank like IPA, but the aroma has me concerned a bit... I tweaked my dry hop to eliminate Columbus.
Fast forward 10 days, I pulled a hydro sample and of course enjoyed the sample afterward. No oniony character or aroma, but I did get that incredible dankness (also used a bit of Simcoe, Centennial and a touch of Citra for late additions and the hop stand). Really awesome stuff.
Does anyone else pick up onion in the aroma of Columbus? It's like a faint green onion or something, but perhaps that is just part of the "dank" qualities of this hop? Not sure... First time using it myself so I can't compare it with other harvests/suppliers/batches.
If this quality is not typical, I will likely just stick to using it for bittering additions only or buy individual ounces for dry hop if needed from the LHBS.
Thanks!