danculwell
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I'm going to brew up 6 mini batches of beer each with just light malt extract and a single hop. I don't really know what individual hops do to my beer. I've seen sites that describe certain hops but I can't really relate the descriptions to my beer drinking experience so I'm gonna find out. What hops would you choose? I already have some cascade and some willimette so those are definitely in. What would you suggest for my other 4? I want to try a wide variety of hops. Once I have that done then I might go back and do the same thing with 6 or so similar hops varieties (based on my favorite from this experiment) so I can see the nuances.
As far as my procedure I'm going to make one big batch of wort with the water and extract. I'll then measure it evenly into the 6 (or however many batches I'm going to do) fermenters. Then I'm going to make a hop tea for each fermenter using the different hops. I'll add the hops at 60 min, 15 min, and 5 min for each type of hops. Then I'll add the tea to the fermenter and a portion of the yeast.
Does this seem like a good procedure for something like this? Is there anything you would do differently? Also what yeast would you recommend? Something cheap (dry) that would be the most neutral in the beer? After I find out about hops I'm going to do another similar experiment with different yeasts.
As far as my procedure I'm going to make one big batch of wort with the water and extract. I'll then measure it evenly into the 6 (or however many batches I'm going to do) fermenters. Then I'm going to make a hop tea for each fermenter using the different hops. I'll add the hops at 60 min, 15 min, and 5 min for each type of hops. Then I'll add the tea to the fermenter and a portion of the yeast.
Does this seem like a good procedure for something like this? Is there anything you would do differently? Also what yeast would you recommend? Something cheap (dry) that would be the most neutral in the beer? After I find out about hops I'm going to do another similar experiment with different yeasts.