chemist308
Well-Known Member
Okay, so Sam Adams claims to use a pound of hops per barrel, and claims other brewries use about 2 to 3 ounces...
But how big is a barrel to them? Because I use a 2 - 3 ounces of hops in a 5 gallon home brew, and more than that in an IPA... Assuming a barrel is 55 gallons--is that reasonable to assume--then Sam Adams would be using about an ounce and a half of hops per 5 gallons... Is that all they use? They seem to have a beer a lot of people really like.
But how big is a barrel to them? Because I use a 2 - 3 ounces of hops in a 5 gallon home brew, and more than that in an IPA... Assuming a barrel is 55 gallons--is that reasonable to assume--then Sam Adams would be using about an ounce and a half of hops per 5 gallons... Is that all they use? They seem to have a beer a lot of people really like.