Target and Admiral
Target and Admiral
Adapting a kit IPA at the moment. Last night I steeped some Admiral for 30 mins and chucked it in the FV. I want to dry hop this once it calms down - will Target be good for this on its own or should I add some Admiral in with it?
In the FV:
NEIPA with Apollo/Vic Secret/Citra
NEIPA with Apollo/Vic Secret/Citra
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critch
Re: Target and Admiral
id just go with the admiral, but ive never dry hopped with target though
ive had propper orange marmalade flavours off admiral, spire do a cracking brew with it, called admiral nelson iirc(probably wrong but its got a picture of nelson on the front!)
ive had propper orange marmalade flavours off admiral, spire do a cracking brew with it, called admiral nelson iirc(probably wrong but its got a picture of nelson on the front!)
Re: Target and Admiral
Yeah a few places online seem to say Target isn't great for dry hopping....
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NEIPA with Apollo/Vic Secret/Citra
NEIPA with Apollo/Vic Secret/Citra
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Dave S
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Re: Target and Admiral
Target seems to be used mainly for dark beers. I've done Guinness clones with it to good effect.injac wrote:Yeah a few places online seem to say Target isn't great for dry hopping....
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Re: Target and Admiral
I've only ever used it in reasonable quantities as a bittering hop, works well mixed with some Challenger.
Has a robust character to it which lasts the boil but supposedly can have some unpleasant flavours if you use heavily in late additions, which is where most people would prefer to use the more delicate Goldings, or my preference of First Gold.
Has a robust character to it which lasts the boil but supposedly can have some unpleasant flavours if you use heavily in late additions, which is where most people would prefer to use the more delicate Goldings, or my preference of First Gold.
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Re: Target and Admiral
And to answer the question about Admiral - that's not really an aroma hop either, so if you dry hop, be careful with it.
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Re: Target and Admiral
How many grams would you say for a dry hop? 23l brew by the way...
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NEIPA with Apollo/Vic Secret/Citra
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Re: Target and Admiral
For an English IPA 1 gram per litre is a good starting amount.
I've put in 2 grams per litre with more floral hops like Goldings or First Gold.
I've put in 2 grams per litre with more floral hops like Goldings or First Gold.
Ingredients: Water, Barley, Hops, Yeast, Seaweed, Blood, Sweat, The swim bladder of a sturgeon, My enemies tears, Scenes of mild peril, An otter's handbag and Riboflavin.