hops with rauchbier

[Boycott]

brewing a 100% rauchbier as i write. wondering which and how much hops i should use. i tempted to use a crap load of them but i wonder if thats wise. i have ekg, hersbrucker, centennial, simcoe, wakatu, perle and apollo. any thoughts?

[irish_goat]

Not sure if you'd really want much hop character in a rauchbier so I'd just go with a good clean bittering hop. The germans would probably use the herbrucker or perle. I'd definitely not waste any of the good Simcoe or other new world hops you have there.

[Boycott]

Cheers, you think its possible it could be good to do with a lot of aroma hops? Might try it next time

[Boycott]

I went with perle!

[Ohnidog]

Don't think it would work well. But if you were to give it a go I'd go for earthy/herbal/spicey/woody/resinous hops rather than fruity/citrus. Maybe try dry hopping a small portion with some ekg

[Ohnidog]

Woops you posted while I was typing, Perle should work with the smoke