Perfect or hallertau or tettenaug Kolsch bitterness

[Redtab78]

I am designing a kolsch style beer and want to incorporate perle hallertau mittlefru and tettenaug, but I am unsure of which for bitter, which for aroma etc.... I want the final beer to be crisp, and I have the grain bill I've just never used per let, and I definitely haven't ever combined the 3....so any experienced advice would be appreciated, I am thinking somewhere around 25-28 for ibu, and I'm not opposed to using one of the 3 for a dry hop either....

And I know, kolsch isn't traditionally known for hoppiness, but I'm not traditional, and I don't really want much in the way a huge hop sense, so if there was a dry hop, it would be about 1 Oz, maybe a half

 

[Redtab78]

No one has a preference on perle vs hallertau vs tettnaug for battering vs aroma?

 

[Aotidae]

I like hallertau with tettnang

 

[Luckys1966]

So I've been brewing for a while and kolsch is my lawnmower beer. It's the style I always have in one of my kegs. Through experimentation I've found this to be the best hop bill. Bear in mind I make a 5.8 % kolsch so depending on your % you may need to dial down the hallertau.

German Hallertau. 1oz 60 min boil
German tettanang .5 oz 30 min boil
Fuggle hops .5 oz 15 mi boil

 

[Paulaner]

Use 100% Hallertau, at least that's what I do. It's always fun to dry hop a Kolsch every now and then, just for experimental reasons of course.

 

[meatcleaver]

I bitter all of my German style beers with Perle.
I love malt forward styles but I like a hint of hop character too, so I usually add an oz of any noble hops @ 10 & another oz @ KO.
my favorite combo is Perle/tettnang.

 

[rhys333]

I just like to stick with single hop Hallertau for a simple beer like kolsch. I'd suggest going with an ounce each of two of your three options there if you're wanting to mix things up a bit. Three might get muddled maybe?

 

[hottpeper13]

Honey Kolsch is my haus ale,and the recipe has been tweeked several times. The one on tap now is perle for bittering,hallertau at 30 and tett at 0 with an immediate chill. I find a whirlpool to bring too much floral flavor to the party. I have used perle for all my kolsch bittering except one with magnum and although not in a side by it was hard to tell the difference. After about 10 versions of this beer i've decided to try and duplicate this one.