Forgot the finishing hops....

Friday me and a friend brewed our first homebrew, and after following the recipe and directions, everything went well, except.... We forgot to pitch in the finishing 1oz of hops. My question is, can they still be added, if not then what should I expect the brew to turn out like? Thanks for any info...

It's an amber ale recipe:

3.3 lbs. Gold Liquid Malt Extract
1 lb. M&F Light Dry Malt
2 lbs. Lager Grain M&F (cracked)
1 lb. British Pale Grain (cracked)
½ lb. Caravienne Belgian Grain (cracked)
2 oz. Chocolate Grain (cracked)
2 oz. Hallertauer Hops
1 oz. Tettnang Hops
1 pkg. Wyeast Liquid Yeast - California Lager or American Lager

Finishing hops only add aroma, so you can take the easy route and dry hop it which will change the characteristics slightly, or boil a few cups of water (or preferably a little DME) and let the finishing hops steep for few minutes then add it to the fermenter when it cools.

+1 dry hop.

Here's what you do: Wash your hands, open the fermenter, dump the hops in, close the fermenter. Seriously, that's all you have to do.

Wait until fermentation has subsided and then dry hop. Putting them in while it's offgassing rapidly might carry away some of the aroma.

Moonpile said:

Putting them in while it's offgassing rapidly might carry away some of the aroma.

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Comments like this are why I love this forum. I would never have thought of the offgassing issue.

Thanks for the replies..

Moonpile said:

Wait until fermentation has subsided and then dry hop. Putting them in while it's offgassing rapidly might carry away some of the aroma.

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I'll give this a try...Thanks for the advise

TBLbrewer said:

Comments like this are why I love this forum. I would never have thought of the offgassing issue.

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Happy to be of service. I frequently think about offgassing!

Moonpile said:

Happy to be of service. I frequently think about offgassing!

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You know, that's been outlawed in some counties.