I really goofed with my Chinook IPA. I dry hopped while there was a large amount of yeast in suspension and a fair amount of CO2. Hop aroma is almost nil. Between the yeast flocculating and the CO2 off gassing the aroma is gone. A very lack luster tasting IPA. The citrus of the bittering and flavor additions are there but on the weak side.
Seems like the citrus of Centennial and Chinook might blend but have never used them together before. Would I further wreck this beer by dry hopping with an ounce or two of Centennial to have some aroma? This is a five gallon batch.
I’ve only used Chinook in a blend with other hops in my Union Jack clone. It is used both in the boil and DH in that recipe but there’s a lot going on to give it a final fruity flavor so hard for me to say what the chinook contributes. I love centennial for DH so I’d say go for it.
I had a couple pints of my all centennial IPA last night watching the olympics and was thinking it needed a little aroma boost. Planning to drop another ounce or two in the keg today.
Heck with a couple oz’s… put in 6! You’ll be happy you did! I really enjoy the aroma and flavor from Cent, and well Cascade too! My IPA thats carbing now had 7 oz’s of Cascade… My few samples really make me want to not wait… Sneezles61
Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe (or Amarillo) and Cascade all work well in an IPA. I like to use Chinook for Stronger Malt beers for its Pine and Spicy characteristics. I always Dry Hop in 2nd with 2 oz leaf hops for my IPAs. I just order the 16 oz bags online but I also grow them in the back yard. I buy pellet hops in 16 oz bags as well for the economy of it.
Is Columbus about 14%? I believe I did one quite a while ago and thought it was a powerful, dank hop… Quite a few peeps must like that flavor… I’m not a fan… Sneezles61
Personally, I absolutely love dank IPA’s. Fathead’s Hop Juju & Hop Stalker, Lagunitas Born Again Yesterday are a few examples. Wet, sticky, pine-sappy, dank.