I visited a HBS near Portland, Oregon today. I purchased some ingredients to make a Mirror Pond pale ale clone. I have brewed this once before with a kit from Austin Homebrew. It turned out very good so I took a copy of the recipe with me to the HBS so I could get the ingredients to brew it again.
I have 2 questions though.
1.) Do leaf hops have the same utilization rate as pellet hops? The kit I got from Austin's contained pellet hops, but the guy at the HBS told me he thought I should use leaf hops being I live here in the Northwest and they are readily available. He said there should not be any noticeable difference in utilization but they are much fresher than pellets.
2.) The recipe called for 6lbs. of LME and the guy accidentally gave me 7lbs. He did not charge me for the extra LB. He said go ahed and use it if you want to or throw it out. If I use this should I adjust my hopping rate? The recipe calls for 1oz. cascade for bittering, 1oz. flavoring and 1 oz. dry hop.
I purchased 4oz. of whole leaf hops.
I have 2 questions though.
1.) Do leaf hops have the same utilization rate as pellet hops? The kit I got from Austin's contained pellet hops, but the guy at the HBS told me he thought I should use leaf hops being I live here in the Northwest and they are readily available. He said there should not be any noticeable difference in utilization but they are much fresher than pellets.
2.) The recipe called for 6lbs. of LME and the guy accidentally gave me 7lbs. He did not charge me for the extra LB. He said go ahed and use it if you want to or throw it out. If I use this should I adjust my hopping rate? The recipe calls for 1oz. cascade for bittering, 1oz. flavoring and 1 oz. dry hop.
I purchased 4oz. of whole leaf hops.