Pellets and Whole Hops Together

[Satokad]

Good Morning Folks,

I am wanting to brew up a batch of Jai Alai clone. I can get most hops in pellets locally, but the Simcoe hops are only available in whole leaf. They are for the dry hop. I could order them online and have them in time but I am curious now.
Is there any issue with mixing pellets and whole leaf hops in a batch? The only thing I have found is that I would have to use a little more whole leaf to get the same effect as the pellets.
Thanks.

 

[MGamber]

Hops are hops! I find leaf to be a little messier and absorbent than pellets so I tend to use pellets for everything except the cold side Hop Rocket but it doesn't matter what form they're in. As long as they're fresh, it's all good.

 

[Pappers_]

No issue mixing them. But whole leaf as a dry hop will soak up a lot of your beer, just an fyi.

 

[tootal]

A local micro made an APA and used pellets for everything but the dry hop where they used whole leaf. The aroma and flavor of that beer was wonderful. A month later I stopped in and had another and the aroma was not a strong. It tasted the same but didn't have as much aroma. I talked to the brewer and he said they switched from whole leaf to pellets for dry hopping. Since then I always try to dry hop with whole leaf even though you lose a little beer. Don't know why, just like the results.

 

[agrazela]

There is unrest in the carboy
There is trouble with the hops
For the pellets call leaf greedy
And the leaf call pellets "glop"
…
Now there's no more hop oppression
Be thankful in the keezer
For the hops are all kept equal
By vacuum,
Seal,
And freezer

 

[Satokad]

A local micro made an APA and used pellets for everything but the dry hop where they used whole leaf. The aroma and flavor of that beer was wonderful. A month later I stopped in and had another and the aroma was not a strong. It tasted the same but didn't have as much aroma. I talked to the brewer and he said they switched from whole leaf to pellets for dry hopping. Since then I always try to dry hop with whole leaf even though you lose a little beer. Don't know why, just like the results.

Is there a standard amount of beer wort lost to whole leaf hops? I like the description you gave of the leaf hopped dry hop.

 

[tootal]

Is there a standard amount of beer wort lost to whole leaf hops? I like the description you gave of the leaf hopped dry hop.

I don't know of any but there are those that probably do.