Just received my first WHOLE LEAF hops!

A buddy of mine has a Northern Brewer plant that has been at his house for YEARS and he normally harvests for no other reason than to harvest. He will occasionally make a tea from the hops, but other than that I dont think he has ever used these hops in his brewing. Well, he just brought be a big ol ziplock sack of these deliciously dried morsels of brewing perfection. Just in time too! I have a Fat Tire clone that calls for Northern Brewers in it and I think that tonight will be the night that I pop my whole hop cherry and substitute these hops for my pellets in this recipe!

IM EXCITED!!! (I cant stop smelling the bag!) LOL
-Me

You know you want to handbake a pris of Northern Brewer.

JoeMama said:

IM EXCITED!!! (I cant stop smelling the bag!) LOL
-Me

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Dude, thats really exciting! I planted Willamette this year and will be looking forward to using some fresh next year. The one thing I've read/experienced (with store purchased whole hops) is that whole hops soak up more water than pellets. Not something thats bothered me until I'm doing an IPA with whole hops. So probably won't make much different for you.
(Yeah yeah, cool story bro...)

GilaMinumBeer said:

You know you want to handbake a pris of Northern Brewer.

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LOL

In seeing how SM basically ignored my request/suggestion for a hop snus I may just get a wild hair try that!
LOL
Great idea!
-Me