BrokenBrew
Well-Known Member
It's amazing. It seems everywhere I look I see wild hops growing alongside the road. Maybe it's because I now know what they look like!
I'm an avid runner, and love to run on dirt trails and roads. Just yesterday, I saw two different wild hop bushes loaded with huge cones. I picked a couple and rubbed them between my hands. Smelled good, just not as much aroma as my home-grown cascades. I'm assuming the AA content is fairly low. I look at the lupulin glands are somewhat small, but deep yellow (almost gold).
I was thinking about doing a SMaSH with them as a wet hop - a 'Wet and Wild SMaSH'. Something like:
8 lbs. 2-row pale malt
5 oz. (wet) 60 min.
5 oz. (wet) 30 min.
5 oz. (wet) 5 min.
S-05 or WLP Calif. Ale Yeast
Has anyone brewed using wild hops? I searched the forums, and saw a lot of interest, but couldn't see how any of the batches turned out.
I live in Colorado, and from what I can gather, there have never been any hop farms where I'm finding them. So these must truly be wild (feral?).
I'd love to hear if anyone has had success with wild hops.
I'm an avid runner, and love to run on dirt trails and roads. Just yesterday, I saw two different wild hop bushes loaded with huge cones. I picked a couple and rubbed them between my hands. Smelled good, just not as much aroma as my home-grown cascades. I'm assuming the AA content is fairly low. I look at the lupulin glands are somewhat small, but deep yellow (almost gold).
I was thinking about doing a SMaSH with them as a wet hop - a 'Wet and Wild SMaSH'. Something like:
8 lbs. 2-row pale malt
5 oz. (wet) 60 min.
5 oz. (wet) 30 min.
5 oz. (wet) 5 min.
S-05 or WLP Calif. Ale Yeast
Has anyone brewed using wild hops? I searched the forums, and saw a lot of interest, but couldn't see how any of the batches turned out.
I live in Colorado, and from what I can gather, there have never been any hop farms where I'm finding them. So these must truly be wild (feral?).
I'd love to hear if anyone has had success with wild hops.