Chinook Leaf SMaSH All Grain
Chinook hops are pine like and spicy with robust flavors of grapefruit. From the chinook homebrews I have made I get more citrus than spice. I grow Chinook hops so I wanted to make 2 small batch beers. One using pellets and one using my leaf hops. With the AA% being over 10 on Chinook I wanted to add a little more backbone to the smash beers. This will be the leaf version. Here is the recipe I used. 1.25 gallons into the fermenter
2-1/2 LBs 2-Row
.25 oz Chinook 30 mins
.25 oz Chinook 10 mins
.25 oz Chinook 5 mins
7.3% ABV
Color: Bright yellow hazy
Smell: Lemon grass. Almost like lemondrop hops.
Taste: Lemon grass and lemon juice sour like a grapefruit. A hint of sweetness from the malt
Overall: Very good homebrew. I think my leaf hops are on point with the pellets so I wouldnt by anymore pellets.
Tasting 2
Color: Orange yellow. I think the orange color is from the oils in the leaf hops
Smell: Sweet spice(low). No citrus. Earthy(from the leaf hops?)
Taste: Thin body. Lemon citrus with a hint of spice in the back. Its like hop water. I do think this goes back tot he pellet version. I think chinook needs more with it. More malt or more hops.
Overall: Its ok. It needs more body. He needs more malt or hops. I think if you added more hops it would last a little longer but more malt or malts would help this homebrew.
Tasting 3
Color: Golden yellow clear
Smell: Lemon citrus spice
Taste: Lemon Citrus juice.
Overall: More lemon in this one vs the pellet version. Im not getting the spice in this one as the pellet version.
Tasting 4
Color: Golden yellow
Smell: Grain citrus. Pilsner smell
Taste: Malty citrus with a hint of fruit
Overall: For 8 months old you can tell the malt is taking over. The lemon is gone