Southern Brown Recipe

[JAMC]

This is the next batch on the schedule...

FERMENTABLES:
1.6 kg - Pale (40.5%)
750 g - Wheat (19%)
500 g - Flaked Barley (12.7%)
350 g - Crystal 140L (8.9%)
350 g - Crystal 60L (8.9%)
350 g - Pale Chocolate (8.9%)
50 g - Roasted Wheat (1.3%)

HOPS:
8g Flyer - 60 min
16g Flyer - 10 min

MASH STEPS:
1) Infusion, Temp: 68 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 17.5 L
2) Sparge, Temp: 76 C, Time: 15 min, Amount: 17.5 L

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.5 tsp - Crushed Grains of Paradise, Time: 10 min, Type: Spice, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - Safbrew - Specialty Ale Yeast T-58

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.035
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV: 3.33%
IBU: 16.84
SRM: 24.27

 

[LarryBrewer]

Let us know how the Flyer hop tastes!

 

[JAMC]

Did this one yesterday.

I changed the hop schedule around a little after reading a few articles about late hopping and it's effect on hop flavour and aroma relative to bitterness. I still used Flyer, but I went for...

5g @ 60 mins
23g @ 10 mins

 

[JAMC]

Let us know how the Flyer hop tastes!

It seems to have two main charateristics;
- a kind of citrusy, zingy, tangy flavour which dominates the aftertaste. The tangy aspect is quite hard to describe - the aftertaste is almost like greek yoghurt mixed with honey. Kind of sharp and sweet.
- a spicey flavour I'd describe as being like star anise or aniceed.

I think this is a really unique hop. Still, it's begging to be paired up with something more conventional.

I might do an IPA with this hop in the summer - any suggestions as to what to pair it with based on the description above?