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Hi All!
With September upon us, I'm ready to harvest some hops in my backyard. It's a first for me, and I want to use them fresh in a Saison style ale(but no brett, i want to discover the full range of these hops without yeast interference).
I'm planning to brew a simple beer.
- OG 1.040
- FG 1.008 or lower(ill probably use a champagne yeast)
- Hops boil 60min
- Hops Stand for 30min after boil, (starting around
I've been doing some reading on fresh hops, even if dry and papery to the touch, they still have a massive amount of water and weight about 6 to 8 times what they weight when fully dried or in pellets. Various websites suggest a 6 to 8 ratio of use. So in recipe where you normally use 1oz of pellets, you should aim about 7oz of fresh hops.
The problem is the recipe editing calculator seems way off. I get 400IBU using 8oz of fresh hop at 60min.
Now I really doubt the tool make a distinction between fresh or dry hops.
So I was wondering if anyone here had experience using fresh hops, and what recommendation would they have.
Cheers!
Audran
With September upon us, I'm ready to harvest some hops in my backyard. It's a first for me, and I want to use them fresh in a Saison style ale(but no brett, i want to discover the full range of these hops without yeast interference).
I'm planning to brew a simple beer.
- OG 1.040
- FG 1.008 or lower(ill probably use a champagne yeast)
- Hops boil 60min
- Hops Stand for 30min after boil, (starting around
I've been doing some reading on fresh hops, even if dry and papery to the touch, they still have a massive amount of water and weight about 6 to 8 times what they weight when fully dried or in pellets. Various websites suggest a 6 to 8 ratio of use. So in recipe where you normally use 1oz of pellets, you should aim about 7oz of fresh hops.
The problem is the recipe editing calculator seems way off. I get 400IBU using 8oz of fresh hop at 60min.
Now I really doubt the tool make a distinction between fresh or dry hops.
So I was wondering if anyone here had experience using fresh hops, and what recommendation would they have.
Cheers!
Audran