Chinook

Notes on Chinook gathered automatically from across the wiki. Each heading links back to the exact section it came from.

From Hops: Misc:

• Zappa Hop Tips: (from CLS farms)
  • Kettle: Maximize on herbal and spice qualities.
  • Whirlpool: Introduce the wider and multifaceted aromas of Zappa.
  • Dry Hop: Elicit the hop’s more tropical notes of passion fruit and mango, grape, or fruity pebbles.​​
  • Complementary Hops: Dependent on which part of the aromatic spectrum you want to focus on. Maximize Zappa®’s tropical notes by combining with El Dorado®, Mosaic or Strata; for red fruits and berries look to Cashmere or Idaho Gem; for citrus a combination of Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook would play well.
• Sabro
  • CBB 340 - Calusa uses Sabro at about 20% to keep it dialed back (also Sabro has mouthfeel)
  • We found that Talus gives a lot more coconut taste is used in the whirlpool vs dry hop, I assume Sabro is the same

From Hops: C-Hops:

• Usually dry hop is less than/around 25%
• Blending the c-hops with the sexy hops makes the aroma stick around more (chinook, Columbus)
• He thinks it’s something about the oils that makes the aromas stick around more.

From Hops: Bitterness

• Mid boil - chinook, strata, have nice complicated bitterness

From Hop Oils: Hops by Compound

• Geraniol-rich Hops
  • Aurora, Bravo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Mosaic, Motueka, Styrian Golding
• Linalool-rich Hops
  • Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Glacier, Millennium, Mount Hood, Nugget, Pacifica, Willamette
• Hops that Contain 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one (4MMP)
  • Apollo, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Chinook, Cluster, Equinox, Mosaic, Simcoe, Summit

From Hop Oils: YEAST BIOTRANSFORMATION—Escarpment / Uberbrew wheat

• Luckily, scientific publications and industry resources share knowledge of terpene concentrations of various hops. Try Cascade, Chinook, Mosaic, Centennial, Strata, and Bravo as a starting point for terpene-rich hops.

From Thiols: The Complex Case of Thiols

• As reported in “Hops Oils & Aroma: Uncharted Waters” (Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®, March/April 2016), a team at Sapporo Breweries in Japan conducted a study in 2012 in which they compared the compositions of monoterpene alcohols in various hops, examining the behavior of geraniol and citronellol under various hopping and hops-blend conditions. Among other things, their experiments demonstrated that the co-existence of linalool, geraniol, and citronellol could increase the perception of “citrus” in a model solution. Anecdotally, using this information, adventurous brewers combined hops high in linalool (such as Bravo or Nugget) with others rich in geraniol (for instance, Chinook) to brew beers they described as fruity, sometimes tropical. But it turns out linalool, geraniol, and citronellol may not have been totally responsible for those flavors.
• Following additional research, the team from Sapporo has a new hypothesis. In their experiments, sensory panelists rated various aroma attributes of a solution dosed with 4MMP, scoring it two (out of four) for “tropical.” Similarly, a solution dosed with a mixture of linalool, geraniol, and citronellol scored less than two for tropical. However, when all four were blended, the tropical score jumped to a full four. (That may be what happens when brewers use Chinook because not only is it geraniol-rich, it also contains 4MMP.)

From Hop combos: Misc. Pairings

• Yakima Valley Hops website - Top Hops for Hazy IPAs: Chinook + Columbus + Nugget: This is a classic hop combo that is often overlooked for modern hazies. It might not be as flashy as other combos with newer varieties, but it still hangs with the best of them. Chinook and Nugget together offer up many of the key biotransformation precursors and thiols present in the current superstar Citra. Columbus also offers up the highly sought-after linalool and comes packed with ripe orange aromas. Together, this combo is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Chinook: This is our favorite sleeper variety that often gets overlooked. Chinook offers the perfect aroma that is packed with biotransformation compounds like Geraniol and Linalool, as well as a little bit of 4-MMP. Hotside, whirlpool, or dry hop, Chinook has amazing things to offer. So basically, just use it in all your beers.
• Nugget: Another classic variety that has found new life and meaning in hazies. Nugget is packed with biotransformation compounds like Geraniol and 4-MMP and works well on the hotside. Paired up with Chinook, this duo stands toe to toe with even the best modern varieties.
• CTZ: Another variety that often gets overlooked, but it is a certifiable banger in Hazy IPAs. Columbus is loaded with Linalool for biotransformation as well as aromas of ripe oranges. Columbus often gets a bad rap as an alpha variety, but when Columbus is picked as an aroma variety, it is bright, beautiful, and fits perfectly in your hazy.

From Hop combos: US

• Dip Hopping-  Who knew you could use chinook and centennial to make a beer that tastes like pineapple and mangoes with no dank, weed, drippy shit.

From West Coast IPA: Burke Gilliam

• Mid boil - chinook, strata, have nice complicated bitterness, Warrior has good citrus piney bitterness

From Podcasts: Oregon: Hot Side

• Columbus for bittering and at end of boil
• Simcoe at end of boil
• Chinook + Krush also added on hot side