I harvested my first years growth of hops today and got 97g of wet hops, so roughly ~20g when dried. Only since the start of this week have I noticed that the very top cones have aphids inside them, although there is no damage, they are just hanging out in there. I've been squirting them out, and using a little brush, but no matter how gentle I am I end up knocking bits off the cone off with them.
So, can I just brew with these little guys? I'm more worried about dry hopping; I want to brew a 4.5L batch, 4% abv, with all of these hops, drying 2/5 of them to dry hop with in secondary.
So, can I just brew with these little guys? I'm more worried about dry hopping; I want to brew a 4.5L batch, 4% abv, with all of these hops, drying 2/5 of them to dry hop with in secondary.