Hop Pairing: Amarillo, Centennial, Chinook

[jmccraney]

I'm trying to put together a citrusy, hoppy American wheat and could use some suggestions on the hop bill. I was thinking of using Amarillo, Centennial and Chinook since that's what I have on hand, but I also have some Cascade and an oz of Summit I could use too. Thoughts?

 

[beergolf]

They would work well together.

I often like Centennial and Chinook together. I usually use about equal amounts of each.

Throwing some Amarillo into the mix would taste great.

 

[jmccraney]

Just to check back in, I finished the keg of this brew. I ended up going with the following recipe:


American Wheat #2
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Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Estimated ABV: 5.4 %
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated FG: 1.013 SG
Estimated Color: 4.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 54.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name %/IBU
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 41.7 %
5 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.0 SRM) 41.7 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (6.0 SRM) 8.3 %
1 lbs Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) 8.3 %
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [10.60 %] - First Wort 60m 36.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [10.30 %] - First Wort 60m 17.8 IBUs
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins)
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [10.60 %] - Boil 0m 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [10.30 %] - Boil 0m 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg British Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1098)
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [10.60 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [10.30 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days 0.0 IBUs

Mash Schedule: BIAB, 152F
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs


Essentially 2:1 Amarillo:Centennial. I like that part of the combination, but not the Chinnook in the dry-hop. Turns out I just don't like Chinook. Next time I'll go with Simcoe and/or Columbus instead to round out the classic hop flavor. I wouldn't brew this with the wheat either, maybe pump up the hops for a session IPA. Check out my blog post for the full travails.