Grinder12000

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A friend has fresh and dried cascade hops - if I need 2 oz of hops for a recipe - how much if his is the equivalent???

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TeleTwanger

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For bittering I use a little more whole than pellets maybe 20% more I dunno.

Grinder12000

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This would be for aroma and flavor

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Yooper

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For flavor and aroma hops, the difference in IBUs would be negligible. I'd just use them at 1:1.

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TeleTwanger

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If I had a choice for flavor/aroma I'd choose whole hops over pellets if the whole hops are FRESH.

Grinder12000

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So you are saying one ounce of wet fresh hops is equal to 1 once of pallets?

I thought it was like a 5 to 1 ratio but . . that is why I'm asking.

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Yooper

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You didn't say wet hops. You said whole hops. That are dried. Dried and wet are two different things.

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david_42

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You asked two questions. Fresh hops are 5:1, whole dried hops are around 1.1:1 vs pellets

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Grinder12000

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AHHHH - thank you.

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flyangler18

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Just a note- it really helps to be be specific in your question so someone can answer it accurately.

Depending on where you look, utilization from pellets can range anywhere from 10-25% over that of whole dry hops. I've always assumed 25%, but you can check that with brewing software- adjusting bittering amounts to hit your target IBUs. For flavor & aroma, even amounts between pellets and whole dry hops.

Unless you know for sure the AA% of the hops, they're better used for flavor and aroma anyway.