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[Genesee Ted]

I did a single hop trial beer with these. Simple malt Bill, pils and a little carapils. 35 or so IBUs at 60 and about another 30 ish late in the boil and in the dry hops. Supposed to be 1:1 GU:BU but I ended up with more gravity and less volume. Oh well, I hadn't brewed a 5 gal batch in years and I boiled a little hard. Yeast was S-04.

Came out nice. The bittering is very soft and smooth, but sturdy. You know it's there but not harsh. Flavor is almost like orange drink with a light tropical twist. The aroma is navel orange and cantaloupe. Overall, a pretty solid dual purpose hop variety, IMO. I see it as a really nice supporting character in a well thought out blend. I'll def be using these in future brews.

[positiveContact]

typically I've seen them used with other hops and not on their own.  i had a stout made by a local brewery that was dry hopped with them that was really good.

[Steve Urquell]

Sounds great. I'll have to pick up some. Leaf or pellets?

[neddles]

Glad to hear your thoughts. I have a pound of pellets that I will probably start by combining with Cascade and/or Centennial. Safe and familiar pairing ought to help me distiguish the Bravo characteristics. Unless, of course you recommend something different doob....

[Genesee Ted]

I used pellets. The wife really digs the beer too. She's kind of a hop head
All those C hops would pair great with them, and for how smooth the bittering is, you could probably use them that way for almost any style. I think it would be of be interesting to try blending with some of the more tropical varieties like mosaic too.

[MyaCullen]

Speaking of mosaic just had a pretty tasty tasty single hop mosaic red ale, had a nice grapefruitish finish to it, a good clean hoppy red

[matt6150]

I've used Bravo a lot for bittering and really like it. Never tried it late, may give it a try.

[denny]

At Hop & Brew School last year, Stan talked about using 10% Bravo in combo with other "fruity" hops to boost the fruit perception.