Weighing hops

[KenK]

In case you lost or broke your scale (or don't have one, like me), here's how I figure hops for small batches. Pretty crude, but effective.

 

[GFHomebrew]

So you halved it then quartered it to get your amount you wanted good idea I suppose you know the total weight so a quarter of that should weigh a certain amount.

 

[jeffpn]

Much more scientific than my method. When I have a half ounce hop addition, I rip open the pack, hold what I think is half back, and dump in the rest!

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Oh jeez ...that would make my brain itch !
All my hops are weighed to 0.1 g
Late additions I don't get as fussy but bittering charge is exact
Dry hops are sometimes whatever is left in packet

 

[jimmyz]

I have disposable hinkley and schmidtt cups that i have weighed n the past and now just eyeball.

 

[KenK]

Oh jeez ...that would make my brain itch !
All my hops are weighed to 0.1 g
Late additions I don't get as fussy but bittering charge is exact
Dry hops are sometimes whatever is left in packet

Dude, you can tell the difference down to a tenth of a gram?!? I'm in awe...

 

[KenK]

So you halved it then quartered it to get your amount you wanted good idea I suppose you know the total weight so a quarter of that should weigh a certain amount.

Kind of counting on the amount printed on the packet to be halfway accurate, I guess...

 

[jmcnamara]

For what it's worth, I've found the bags I get are a little over an ounce if I have to weigh it out for multiple additions. YCH hops I believe

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Dude, you can tell the difference down to a tenth of a gram?!? I'm in awe...

I can't tell the difference but own jewellers scales .
I'm just a little bit CDO

 

[GFHomebrew]

Yeah i weigh out all me hops but the digital scales i use arnt terribly accurate im more anal with measureing brewing salts

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I hate to say it but I use a jewelery scale thats been calibrated to the gram which is what i set it at, even hop dust is weighed

 

[Ole Shallywags]

I have used that same process in the past!

 

[Nosybear]

Dude, you can tell the difference down to a tenth of a gram?!? I'm in awe...

A scale accurate to 0.1g is fairly cheap. I have one.

 

[jeffpn]

I wish I had a metric squirrel around here. I'd ask him how much of an ounce is a tenth of a gram!

 

[Mark D Pirate]

They are dirt cheap , mine also measure in grains and carat not that i'll ever need those

 

[Mark D Pirate]

I wish I had a metric squirrel around here. I'd ask him how much of an ounce is a tenth of a gram!

0.0035274 oz don't ask for that as a fraction

 

[jeffpn]

Yeah, I already looked that up. Too many leading zeroes for me to worry about such an amount. Half an ounce is as low as I get. I'm not going to bother with amounts less than that! Round up to a half ounce, or round down to none.

 

[Mark D Pirate]

If its working for you then why change , my batch size and the AA % of my bittering charge means I pay pretty close attention to it .
I'm usually trying to get 30% of my total IBU early and the rest as late addition for my APA / XPA

 

[KenK]

How do you folks store your unused leftover hops? Will they keep in a baggie in the fridge or freezer for a few weeks? Hops are pretty pricy around here -- $2-3 per ounce is pretty typical. I suppose I could always use the last half ounce for dry hopping or just toss it in at the end of the boil -- probably won't make much difference in a five gallon batch.

 

[KenK]

I can't tell the difference but own jewellers scales .
I'm just a little bit CDO

CDO!