Another option might be hops extract, I think it's called "hopshot" or something like that. That way you don't water down your beer.
A couple of guys have made "hop tea" in a French press and used that, and been happy with it. I can't remember who/what/when (old age and all) but I bet you could find it with a quick forum search.
I had a "where did the hops go?" brew just one time - a wheat recipe that was insipidly low IBU going into primary. Still not sure wtf happened but as we're all major hop heads here that beer would have never gone anywhere as it was.
So I dumped an ounce of the beefiest pellets I had on hand - Chinook @ 12% AA - in a quart of water in a small stainless steel pot, added a cup of wheat DME, and let it simmer for an hour, then strained out the pellet mush and poured the extract into the carboy.
The beer came out just fine - a total save...
Cheers!
Not sure if I want to use DME, I really dont want to add any more sweetness to the keg. How much water did you use? Hops oz and variety?
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