Gave willammette hops a try in an American wheat beer and liked the results.
Good fresh Willamette hops are hard to beat, I love them. I’ve used them in a lot of of different styles and have never been disappointed with the results.
More love for Willamette from yours truly. Love their floral character. Need to use them more often!
I just made a London Porter that I usually finish with Willamette. Like a genius I decided to fix that which wasn’t broken and instead tried a different hops. Amazing how much I missed the Willamette.
Willamette Cluster and Cascade are American classics IMO. Doubtful that any of them will ever go away.
I’m in that boat with you. I tried something new on one of my tried and true recipes and I’m afraid I screwed the pooch on this one. I may do a rebrew to right the wrong.
Planning on brewing a Pre-Prohibition Porter this fall and using them!
I’m getting close to half way through this batch and am liking more and more.
Willamette Hops along with Mt. Hood (whole cone) have been two of our mainstays over the last 18 months.
A good source is Hops Direct.
Even better source is hop heaven [emoji4]
or Yakima Chief
Never used Willamette Hops, and I feel like I’m missing out on something ;D
Just ordered 1 lb 2021 Willamette leaf from Hops Direct.
You will be glad you did. These are very versatile hops, suitable for many beers such as Euro-Lagers, Pils, and other beers, ales included.
Willamette can be substituted for Glacier, Fuggle, Tettnang (US), Styrian Golding, East Kent Golding.
Willamette is one of my mainstay cultivars. It is more floral and less earthy than its parent.
We can thank Anheuser-Busch (AB) for Willamette. AB funded the research. They needed a domestic replacement for Fuggle, which was used to finish Budweiser.
That’s a great description of Willamette - a more floral daughter of Fuggles. I haven’t used it in years, but I might have to order some from Ted this year to try out in some lagers next spring/summer.
FYI
See Table 1 towards bottom of article.
That’s a good article.
We always vacuum seal any unused hops, and store them at -20 F.
The 1lb Liberty hops ordered were vacuum sealed in 2 oz increments, and then stored in the refrigerator.
The same will be done to the Willamette hops when received. Space is available to freeze some, but
not all. Was looking into Mylar vacuum bags. Some online reviewers wrote that it works if seal button
is pressed several times, others stated it doesn’t work, and not to bother.
I haven’t used Willamette hops for a while but I love these hops. Y’all got me excited to brew a cream ale yesterday with Willamette Hops:grinning:
. Used Lallemand BR-97 yeast. Also used Sugar Creek Malted Bloody Butcher Red corn for the first time.
Recived Williamette hops.
What I do with whole cone hops is slighly chew on one.
Very distintct difference when compared to smelling.
You get an idea what the taste in the beer will be like.
Very good, I might prefer this over Mt Hood.
Next batch will be a SMASH, RiverBend extra pale ale malt, and Williamette.