Suggestions for Chinook Harvest

[The Soft Underbelly]

So i have a Sh*t ton of Chinook this year from my hop harvest. Havent dried them all yet, but i'm looking at maybe a pound off my second year bines.

Anywho, I've made pales and IPA with 'em before and while i dig em, i cant help but wonder if a darker beer, maybe a brown ale or a porter might not better compliment the flavor of these hops.

I checked the recipe section, did the Google search, etc. but dint find any specific recipes which moved me.

Anybody have a recipe? Failing that, can anyone help me build an extract recipe with steeped grains and what not? Thus far my own recipes have been rather simple (ie Some crystal 10 or 20, extract, hops...) but I'm looking to experiment

Any suggestions, musings or insults welcome :fro:

 

[OMJ]

Evil's Arrogant Bastard Clone uses all chinook and is awesome.

 

[humann_brewing]

How about a Russian Imperial Stout bittered up with your Chinook

 

[pjj2ba]

I often bitter my porters and stouts with Chinook.

 

[brrman]

chinook = IPA... that's how I see it....

 

[The Soft Underbelly]

chinook = IPA... that's how I see it....

I happen to have a couple bottles of my last IPA stioll handy and god knows I'll be brewing one soon (maybe tomorrow).

But i like the idea of the RIS, never made one before but love the beer. Can anyone suggest some steeping grains, I've seen a number of recipes and wonder whats worked for those who've brewed them?

 

[Pappers_]

I like Chinook as a bittering hop for stouts. Here's an extract recipe for a Sweet Stout. Add the lactose towards the end of the boil. This is for a 5 gallon batch.



5.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 60.61 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 12.12 %
0.75 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 9.09 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.06 %
0.75 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 34.8 IBU
1.00 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 12.12 %
1 Pkgs Windsor (Danstar) Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.61 %
Bitterness: 34.8 IBU
Est Color: 35.1 SRM

 

[The Soft Underbelly]

I like Chinook as a bittering hop for stouts. Here's an extract recipe for a Sweet Stout. Add the lactose towards the end of the boil. This is for a 5 gallon batch.



5.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 60.61 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 12.12 %
0.75 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 9.09 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.06 %
0.75 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 34.8 IBU
1.00 lb Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 12.12 %
1 Pkgs Windsor (Danstar) Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.61 %
Bitterness: 34.8 IBU
Est Color: 35.1 SRM

I like the looks of that. I have many of the ingredients and would only need to pick up a few. Pappers, i see your in oak lawn, where do you get your ingredients? I grew up, and my folks still live in, Alsip, not much in the way of home brew shops out where i'm at now...

 

[Rick500]

I'm thinking about doing a Stone Levitation clone with my Chinook harvest.

 

[Pappers_]

Hi. There's a good lhbs near Alsip - Bev Art on Western between 100th and 101st in the Beverly neighborhood. Small and friendly and they have a good selection, usually.

I like the looks of that. I have many of the ingredients and would only need to pick up a few. Pappers, i see your in oak lawn, where do you get your ingredients? I grew up, and my folks still live in, Alsip, not much in the way of home brew shops out where i'm at now...

 

[MattHollingsworth]

Just bottled this one and it's great. Doesn't use a TON of Chinook, though. The aroma is primarily malt, then the flavor has a big malt presence but also a good amount of hops and bitterness.

I had a messed up brew day (tons of problems that day, but the beer came out amazing!) and the efficiency suffered and was way down, so adjust as you need for your system.

Type: All Grain
Date: 8/28/2009
Batch Size: 21.50 L
Boil Size: 31.50 L
Boil Time: 120 min
Equipment: RIMS and 10 gallon boiler


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.35 kg Pale Malt (3.6 SRM) Grain 86.31 %
0.25 kg Crystal Malt - 50 (25.4 SRM) Grain 4.96 %
0.18 kg Munich Malt (7.6 SRM) Grain 3.57 %
0.12 kg Crystal Malt -350 (177.7 SRM) Grain 2.38 %
0.08 kg Crystal Malt -150 (76.1 SRM) Grain 1.59 %
0.06 kg Chocolate Malt (456.9 SRM) Grain 1.19 %
12.00 gm Centennial [9.10 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 15.4 IBU
7.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (120 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 13.8 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (15 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (15 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [8.70 %] (2 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
4.00 gm Chinook [14.00 %] (2 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
1.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc

American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [repitched rinsed slurry from previous batch, 140 ml of slurry] Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.82 %
Bitterness: 37.1 IBU
Calories: 426 cal/l
Est Color: 15.5 SRM


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 5.04 kg
Sparge Water: 23.55 L
Sparge Temperature: 169.0 F
Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge

0 min Step Add 13.00 L of water at 86.9 F 85.0 F
60 min Step Add 0.00 L of water at 153.0 F 153.0 F
10 min Step Add 0.00 L of water at 167.0 F 167.0 F

Used Palmer's water spreadsheet and adjusted water to achieve these numbers, which indicates a "balanced" malty/bitter balance.

Ca 97
Mg 23
Alkalinity as CaCO3 167
Sodium 8
Chloride 117
Sulfate 115
Residual Alkalinity as CaCO3 85

Oh, this is a Dark American Amber, BTW.

My "Big Hoppy IPA" in my recipes also uses Chinook, but not a helluva lot.