I was lucky to be able to pick almost a pound and a half of Nugget hops at Ohio Hops in Galloway.  Nice folks.  Brian was great – I recommend him for all your Ohio Hop needs!  Anyway, I created a recipe with a single hop to showcase the flavor, and I think it will be a good one:

Please brew it and let me know how it goes.  The hop numbers are for dry, to keep th AA calculations right.  You can substitute fresh whole hops for the dry by multiplying by 5 or so. I used 10, 6 and 4.

I posted a pic of the latest delivery by my favorite UPS guy, along with a little beer haiku:

Even on cold days
The ups driver can
Bring warmth to my heart

A few people asked about the brew plan, but it doesn’t fit in Twitter.  I thought I would post it here for fun.

Good Night In Mexico

(From TCJOH, page 179)

7lbs Dark DME

1lb Rice

1lb Light Crystal Malt

¼ lb Barley

1 ¼ oz Spalt

1oz Saaz

1oz Hallertaur

German Lager Yeast

Nutcastle

(from BCS, page 151)

7lbs Pale Ale DME

¾ lb Special Roast

½ lb Victory

½ lb Crystal

¼ lb Pale Chocolate

2oz Williamette

Nottingham

Leaden Lager

(Hellbranch Recipe)

7 lbs ultralight DME

3oz saaz

Saflager S-23

I decided that I wanted a simple Rye/Wheat blend for the end of summer, so I constructed this fairly simple recipe.  I think I might have underhopped it, especially considering the Rye character which at first take seems to demans a little more upfront bitterness.  We will have to see though - I put it down in primary on Sunday.

I'm also looking for a name for it - apparently they were all of of Creativity at the homebrew shop.  Thoughts?

Wheat/Rye