[euge]

Magnum is my favorite bittering hop. I will have to try this Galena you speak of.

[beersk]

Huh...I thought Hersbrucker was regarded universally as noble. Oh well, they're good hops for German styles. I also have a pound of Magnum to use for bittering. Might as well use high alpha to save on vegetal matter in the wort.

[mabrungard]

Yeah, but if you talk to a couple German brewmasters they are most likely to tell you that using the nobel hops for bittering is a waste of hops (and wort!).

Boy! I used that same line in that discussion with AJ and he just poo poo'd that notion. If nothing else, AJ is consistent. Give him only the true German methods! Fingers in ears for anything contrary.

[brewsumore]

Yeah, but if you talk to a couple German brewmasters they are most likely to tell you that using the nobel hops for bittering is a waste of hops (and wort!).

Boy! I used that same line in that discussion with AJ and he just poo poo'd that notion. If nothing else, AJ is consistent. Give him only the true German methods! Fingers in ears for anything contrary.

I met AJ and talked with him a couple / few times when I belonged to Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) out in the MD/DC/VA area.  That club is the one I've belonged to whose membership constituted the most talented brewers overall compared to other clubs I've been able to join.  And AJ is like yourself, a pioneer in brewing chemistry.

Martin, I put my fingers in my ears when someone recommends to me brewing water software other than Bru'n Water.  Just when I learned v3.1, out comes the new one.  I LOVE it!