I am an a very old(78) novice to the forum and beer making. I have observed discusion of zythos hops and how it is used. I am unfamiliar with the hopping process. Is zythos used as a bittering hop by itself in the brew? Can it be used with centennial and chinook? Help an old guy out. Would like to be Emailed or messaged. Dave
For the wikipedia fwiw: "Actually a blend of American hops, specifically designed by Hop Union for American Pale Ale (APA) and India Pale Ale (IPA) style beers. Reportedly a blend of Simcoe, Citra, Palisade and Amarillo, it has distinct tropical (pineapple) and citrus tones, with slight pine characteristics." So, i would say zythos is dual purpose meaning you can use it as a bittering hop or as an aroma/flavor hop in late boil additions/dry hopping. Based on its characteristics, it sounds like you could pair with centennial and/or chinook but i have never done this myself.
FWIW I used an oz. @ flameout in an American brown (along w/ an oz of N. Brewer), and was pretty underwhelmed. Not bad, but just expecting more potency. I much preferred the Falconer's Flight blend.
I am using Zythos in a single hop Pale Ale within the next few weeks. I will use it for each entity: bittering, aroma, and dry-hopping. Will be very, very fruitful.
I made an all-Zythos pale ale last year. One ounce each at 60, 20, 5 minutes and flameout. Best APA I've made.
