cheezydemon
Well-Known Member
BYO has a great article on getting the most out of hops this month.
One thing in particular that caught my eye, was steeping bittering hops to extract the aroma (which gets boiled off anyways) and adding this "tea" to the secondary to increase percieved hoppiness.
Also boiling a little bit of hops in the priming solution at bottling was suggested.
I am doing a Harvest Ale with the little bit of hops that my bines produced this year.
The Hop Tea, and priming ideas appeal to me, because not all of the cones will be ready at once, and I can use fresh cones at brewing, secondary, and then bottling.
I would love for it to be an IPA, but I fear it will be a mild Pale Ale at best, so I will dump in as many as I have at each point.
One thing in particular that caught my eye, was steeping bittering hops to extract the aroma (which gets boiled off anyways) and adding this "tea" to the secondary to increase percieved hoppiness.
Also boiling a little bit of hops in the priming solution at bottling was suggested.
I am doing a Harvest Ale with the little bit of hops that my bines produced this year.
The Hop Tea, and priming ideas appeal to me, because not all of the cones will be ready at once, and I can use fresh cones at brewing, secondary, and then bottling.
I would love for it to be an IPA, but I fear it will be a mild Pale Ale at best, so I will dump in as many as I have at each point.