Fuggle or Challenger for the dry hop

[JammyBStard]

My Latest Pale Ale has been in the FV for a week now and it's time to dry hop.
I wanted this one to be all about bitter finish and Hoppy nose so I have no 30min hop additions.

I have in pellet form Fuggle, Challenger, and "USA High Alpha" (Chinook I think)

I was thinking between 25g and 50g of Fuggle, It's a well knwn Dry-hop; but I've never used it before.
I was wondering about the Challenger; has anyone tried this as a dry hop?


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 26.66 L
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 4.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 98.04 %
0.10 kg Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 1.96 %

5.00 gm Magnum - 12 months old [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 4.2 IBU (FWH)
25.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 34.3 IBU
25.00 gm Aurora - BB - 2010 [8.10 %] (5 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
50.00 gm Bobek - BB - 2010 [5.20 %] (0 min) Hops (Steeped at 80'C for 30 min)
2 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.10 kg
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 13.30 L of water at 71.9 C 65.6 C
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[coatesg]

I'd use the chinook for dry hopping with that recipe as shown! Go for an ounce at least.

[JammyBStard]

Just out of interest; Why do you say Chinook? I'm always wondering If there's some rule of thumb to hop pairing

[phatboytall]

I'd go for Chinook too, based on the fact that it looks like an american style ale. I prefer to make English style ales with English hops, and US ones with US hops etc...

But Challenger is for dry hopping, my local Ringwood brewery use it quite a bit.

Ed

[mysterio]

Generally you want to go for the oily aromatic hops for dry hopping. Chinook probably fits that bill the most.

[JammyBStard]

The thing with the chinook is I've dry hopped with it before and it can be very dominant; I've never used the Fuggle or the Clallanger before.

I'll probably go with the Chinook; But I've set up a little experiment with the other two just to see what they're like:

I'll report back.

[Spud395]

Please do I've both in pellet form and not used them as dry hops either

[coatesg]

You've already got chinook, aurora and bobek in there, and so I feel challenger and fuggle would be a bit dominated by them - but give it a go if you fancy it. The recipe is very American and I feel chinook as a dry hop would compliment that well.

[JammyBStard]

Please do I've both in pellet form and not used them as dry hops either

after a good sniff and sip I would inexpertly say:

Fuggle imparted a Grassy/Green sort of taste, and the Challanger gave a Fruty, slightly sweet note.

I wen't with 30g of the Challanger in the end; I apriciate all your +'s for the Chinook but I wanted to avoid it. there's a load of flavor from the late addition Styrian's i didn't want getting swamped by the chinook.

It should be ready for a taste in a week or so. can't wait.