keelanfish
Well-Known Member
Below is a pic of some cones on one of my two Nugget plants. This is their third year and I've really been tending them well this year. The cones are larger than ever before and there are definately more of them. I'm really excited!
My plan is to pick individually each cone at its peak over a period of about a month. Last year I did this and dried them in batches and ended up with a fair amount of dried hops. Instead of drying them, I'm planning on freezing them immediately after picking in a vacuum bag. My hope is to collect enough to do a 5 or 10 gallon batch of a wet hopped harvest ale. Any thoughts or advice on this idea? Any good base recipes for a nice malt profile that will accent the wet hopping?
My plan is to pick individually each cone at its peak over a period of about a month. Last year I did this and dried them in batches and ended up with a fair amount of dried hops. Instead of drying them, I'm planning on freezing them immediately after picking in a vacuum bag. My hope is to collect enough to do a 5 or 10 gallon batch of a wet hopped harvest ale. Any thoughts or advice on this idea? Any good base recipes for a nice malt profile that will accent the wet hopping?