I recently won about 1-2 lbs of 0.7% AA Saaz at a club meeting. Does anyone have any suggestions for a recipe that I might use these for? I am thinking of using them for a dryhopping. I can't see these being any good for bittering without building up some epic trub loss.
0.7% AA Saaz, Suggestions?
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DrawTap88
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0.7% AA? Is that right?
Should be fine for flavor additions, the AA% just tells you about the bitterness, not whether the hops are flavorful or not.
Yea, they are pretty old. Apparently they were 1% 12 months ago.
Well, are they low-AA% because they're OLD, or because the crop came in really light that year? I seem to recall some other absurdly-low AA% Saaz not too long back.
DrawTap88
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Have to agree with Bird since they're so low on AA and older hops.
That's just what I was going to suggest, too.
Hops keep their antimicrobial properties even when aged and low in AAs. This is exactly why the lambic brewers use old hops: they want the preservative qualities, but not the bitterness.
Ketchepillar
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Pivovar_Koucky
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If they still smell decent you could throw them in with flavor and aroma additions. I can't imagine that there are too many styles which saaz wouldn't go well with.
