which single hop to use?

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Northdown is challengers aunt, I will get some acheers.
Yes Northdown is another under used british hop for british styles, as I have said if you are into british styles get the Graham Wheeler book on brewing british ales but do look at the recipes carefully as they are not always a close clone of the version it says but it will show you that these old/bittering hops can be used and where used in the older styles
 
An observation on SHA brews:

I have made four pale ales with a single hop this year - Boadicea, Cascade, Rakua and Motueka. All OK as a stand alone, but always, if I blended any two, it made for a better beer than either.

May just be my perceptions, of course, and they may deteriorate over the course of an evening, as they do, but I suspect there may be a reason that a lot of recipes include the addition of more than one hop variety.

Any thoughts?
 
Any of the C hops.

Mosaic, Simcoe, Chinook, Ahtanum, Amarillo, Galaxy. To name a few good ones.
 
Any of the C hops.

Mosaic, Simcoe, Chinook, Ahtanum, Amarillo, Galaxy. To name a few good ones.

Centennial, Cascade and Columbus also count as "C" hops, that is hops with very high flavouring or aroma and bittering qualities. Columbus is more often used just as bittering.
 
Nelson Sauvin. A unique, aromatic New Zealand hop which is said to be reminiscent of sauvingnon blanc. It's not always easy to get hold of but well worth a try. I never use just one hop, though. I bitter with something less aromatic and use the more complex hops for everything else.
 
Nelson Sauvin. A unique, aromatic New Zealand hop which is said to be reminiscent of sauvingnon blanc. It's not always easy to get hold of but well worth a try. I never use just one hop, though. I bitter with something less aromatic and use the more complex hops for everything else.
Tried it a while ago in a very light ale. Yes it is reminiscent of Sauvignon blanc. Ans yes it was an interesting beer. I can't make up my mind whether I liked it though! :?:
 
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