Over the TOP Dry Hop

[cheezydemon3]

How much is TOO much?

The brew itself had over 25 oz of hops, much of it early and lots at flame out, some in between.

My goal is the most hoptsatic brew ever. ALL HOMEGROWN.

I brewed with the first harvest, and the 2nd harvest, projected at 6 oz was to dry hop.....It came in a bit higher and I am rethinking whether dry hopping with 25 oz might just be STOOOOOPID.

 

[humann_brewing]

what is the batch size?

I am guessing 5g so I say 3oz

 

[DKershner]

25oz of dry hops would soak up about 3gal of beer by my estimation. The remaining gallon or two would be quite hoppy though.

 

[cheezydemon3]

5 gallons.

Lol, good point Dkershner.

 

[DKershner]

5 gallons.

Lol, good point Dkershner.

You know...25oz of WET hops wouldn't be batsh*t crazy like your original plan, and the hops wouldn't soak up as much beer. It would still only be about 1/5 of your harvest, but it's an idea...

 

[cheezydemon3]

Yeah, they are almost dry. I wet hopped last year with so-so results.

I will probably go 3 oz-4 oz. Why not. I am already invested pretty heavilly. This brew will put ruination on it's ass if I can help it.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Can you give them a quick soak in water right before putting them in the beer to eliminate soaking up your beer? I'd say 3-4 would be good as well.

 

[cheezydemon3]

I think the concensus is that you may as well add 4 oz of water and unsoaked hops IP. The end is the same. You lose some wort and you slightly dilute the rest of the batch.

 

[Lynux]

I'd throw in 4 ounces.

 

[scrambledegg81]

4 oz dry-hopped, then fashion yerself a Randall prior to serving to use the remainder. :rockin:

 

[kappajoe]

Randall would be rock'in

 

[riverfrontbrewer]

Aa%?

 

[cheezydemon3]

Aa%?

That is the million dollar question brother.

What is the max for wort? 115?

I am pretty f()ckin sure I hit that. 8 oz 90 min of ANY kind would bring some bitterness, not to mention 6 oz at 45, 6 oz at 30 6 oz at 15, 8 oz at flameout.

I know. sick, right?

IT WAS AWESOME FUN.

I grew it so f()ck it. I am a little iffy on freezer storage of homegrown, so blow it TF out.

As for the AA% of the hops themselves?

I am figuring 5%

that was (original harvest) 28 oz or so of cascade, 1oz each of nb, hallertaur, tett, fuggle, 2oz of MAGNUM, and 2 of mt hood.

i figure if the cascade were a little low(not to mention the rest) the MAGNUM will pull it back in line.

Sorry, no randall. I have the plans....seems like I have plans for a hop back too, wtf is that?

 

[cactusgarrett]

I don't think the level of alpha acid matters when dry hopping, since it needs to be isomerized to impart bitterness, and flavor/aroma are what you're trying to get from DH'ing. Like i mentioned in the other thread, i think anything more than 3-5oz is a waste and would be better served through continual later dry hopping, or even a randall, as suggested by kappajoe suggested.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Thanks garrett.

Duely noted.

 

[dstar26t]

This is the fresh hop beer I did this year. I'm kegging it this weekend. Lot's of work went into this. This was the first time using WLP007, I expected a lower FG than 1.019. Assumed 6:1 ratio for wet vs. dry hops.

Fresh Hop IPA 2010
Batch Size: 12.40 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 90.9

Ingredients:
22.50 lb 2-Row - Briess (2.0 SRM) Grain 81.79 %
3.13 lb Munich I (6.0 SRM) Grain 11.38 %
1.38 lb Munton's Cara-pils (13.7 SRM) Grain 5.02 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 1.82 %
6.00 oz Cascade [0.92 %] (Mash Hop) 7.9 IBU
6.00 oz Chinook [2.00 %] (Mash Hop) 17.1 IBU
21.00 oz Chinook [2.00 %] (30 min) 33.2 IBU
21.00 oz Cascade [0.92 %] (30 min) 15.3 IBU
6.00 oz Cascade [0.92 %] (0 min, 30 min steep)
2.60 oz Williamette [0.83 %] (0 min, 30 min steep)
7.40 oz Hallertauer [0.83 %] (0 min, 30 min steep)
5.20 oz Centennial [1.60 %] (0 min, 30 min steep)
25.00 oz Chinook [2.00 %] (0 min, 30 min steep)
6.00 oz Chinook [2.00 %] (Dry Hop 5 days)
6.00 oz Centennial [1.60 %] (Dry Hop 5 days)
6.00 oz Cascade [0.92 %] (Dry Hop 5 days)
2.00 items Servomyces (Boil 15.0 min)
2.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1 Pkgs White Labs #WLP007, pitched ~600 Billion cells

Beer Profile:
Original Gravity: 1.070 SG
Final Gravity: 1.019 SG
Alcohol by Vol: 6.67 %
Bitterness: 73.5 IBU
Est Color: 6.4 SRM

Mash Profile:
90 min Beta rest 148.0 F
15 min Alpha rest 158.0 F
15 min Mash out 170.0 F