Progress Hops

[mondial-brewer]

Hello everyone, i thought i should join your forum, as your advice and topics have helped me so much in my quest to succeed in AG brewing over the last few months!

I have recently brought some progress hops, does anyone have any good pale ale recipies i can use them in??

Thanks in advance




Drinking: Coopers Australian lager, Witbier (AG),
Fermenting: Connosiuer Gewurtraminer, Strawberry Wine
Conditioning : Brewferm Framboos
Keg #1: Brewbuddy Cider 6.5%
Keg#2 : Nowt!
Next Brew: "Collywobbles" straw ale (AG)
Planning: Summer ale (progress hops) (AG)

[floydmeddler]

Hello everyone, i thought i should join your forum, as your advice and topics have helped me so much in my quest to succeed in AG brewing over the last few months!

I have recently brought some progress hops, does anyone have any good pale ale recipies i can use them in??

Thanks in advance




Drinking: Coopers Australian lager, Witbier (AG),
Fermenting: Connosiuer Gewurtraminer, Strawberry Wine
Conditioning : Brewferm Framboos
Keg #1: Brewbuddy Cider 6.5%
Keg#2 : Nowt!
Next Brew: "Collywobbles" straw ale (AG)
Planning: Summer ale (progress hops) (AG)

As far as I'm aware, Progress hops are used for bittering and don't do too well when it comes to flavour... could be wrong though! If that is the case, you can use them for any beer really then buy some more for flavour and aroma if you want. Alternatively, you can forget the flavour and aroma and brew a stout, an Irish Red Ale or an Irish Cream Ale.

[mysterio]

Or a Scottish ale

Actually progress are supposed to be suitable for both bittering and aroma: http://www.charlesfaram.co.uk/varietyde ... tyID=UK-PR

I have never used them personally although I do have a Progress hop plant growing in the back

[floydmeddler]

although I do have a Progress hop plant growing in the back

Lucky you. Wish I had a garden!

[SiHoltye]

Any feedback on the flavour? Supposedly was bred as a Fuggle replacement.

[beer gut]

Welcome to the forum mondial brewer.Personally i love progress hops i have used them alot in my brews.You can you use them as first addition hop, late addition hop or even in dry hopping so it's a very verstile hop.I have found like alot of brewers have found progress works real well with East Kent golding or any goldings for that matter.Progress works well in praticaly all ale types stouts,porters, bitters and pales.I would describe the flavour of the progress hop with deep fruit flavours i have even had a cherry flavour in my ale when i have used progress late in the boil. it has sweet edge with a well balanced bitterness to follow.You can use progress in place of fuggles in fact progress was developed to re place fuggles caus progress has better disease resitence than fuggles.I have somme good tips and that is if you want to taste the true flavour of a hop you can do it two ways 1. take a few hop leaves/flowers put them in to a mug pour some boiling water over them and leave it to stand for 5 mins and then taste the tea 2. when you have boiled your wort and you have turned the kettle off and you drain your wort in to your fermenting vessel put 15g of progress into a hop sock and steep them for a half hour in your hot wort and don't forget put the lid on your fermenting vessel while you are steeping the progress caus not only will the progress flavour be in your ale when you take the lid off your fv to remove the progress from your hot wort you will get the full aroma of the hop smack in your face and it is wonderfull. happy brewing!

[seymour]

Bump. I'm reviving this old thread in order to get more feedback on Progress hops. If you've used 'em, what did you think of the results? Which beer styles are best suited? Any comments welcome.
Cheers!

[Dave S]

Bump. I'm reviving this old thread in order to get more feedback on Progress hops. If you've used 'em, what did you think of the results? Which beer styles are best suited? Any comments welcome.
Cheers!

I haven't used them yet but am about to this weekend. I'm doing a Black Sheep Ale which uses challenger, progress, fuggles and goldings. Sounds yummy.

[Lime Corridor]

yep, used them as in place of fuggles myself in a few recipes as a bittering hop, but never used them late on. From a limited viewpoint they did the job and combined well with EKG, but I am confident that they would work pretty well with anything as a reliable base hop.

LC

[DaveyT]

Did an all-Progress pale ale for Christmas and I'm very happy with it.
I can see how they lend themselves to EKG; that light summery taste is there but less floral. Someone on here once said hedgerow and I can identify with that. They don't have the in-yer-face character of the Cs which is not necessarily a bad thing.
I'm going to finsh the bag with a touch of N Sauvin and some elderflowers in a blond ale. I think they'll come together nicely, if that gives you some point of reference.

David

[seymour]

I haven't used them yet but am about to this weekend. I'm doing a Black Sheep Ale which uses challenger, progress, fuggles and goldings. Sounds yummy.

Bump again.

I brewed a dark mild with Challenger and Progress, perhaps my favorite hop combo yet for dark beers anyway. I'm still curious what other brewer's think of Progress. Frankly, I can't understand why it isn't widespread.

Dave, how'd that beer turn out? The Progress might've been somewhat buried, but what did you think overall?

[Dr. Dextrin]

I use Progress regularly in a Black Sheep Ale clone. It serves pretty much like Fuggles does and complements Goldings very well, but I somehow see it more as a background flavour - like Fuggles it adds some depth of flavour that Goldings can sometimes lack. I haven't made a particular feature of it in a beer yet, but maybe I should.

[oz11]

Westerham brewery in Kent do a pretty good Progress beer as one of the series of Single Hop Beers: More Info

[seymour]

Westerham brewery in Kent do a pretty good Progress beer as one of the series of Single Hop Beers: More Info

Cool link, thanks for sharing. I'd like to taste every single beer on that page!

WESTERHAM BREWERY - Progress – Single Hop 4%
Progress was bred in the 1960s as a wilt resistant Fuggle replacement. It does not have the earthy notes of Fuggles but a honey sweet smooth bitterness. Quadruple hopped.

Interesting. Also, I'd never heard the "quinine" description of Challenger, but the gin & tonic comparison kinda makes sense.

WESTERHAM BREWERY - Challenger – Single Hop 4%
A dual purpose hop with a characteristic quinine or spicy note derived from its high Selinene levels. Cedar, green tea aroma. Bred in the 1970s. Quadruple hopped.

[oz11]

Cool link, thanks for sharing. I'd like to taste every single beer on that page!

You'd only have to come over once each month (or so) to get them all

This link has a little more info.

Enjoy