100% FWH Beer

[Swab]

Has anyone here ever done a 100% FWH beer? I've searched around and can't find any reference to one.

I'm thinking something like this:

90% 2-row
5% Honey malt
5% Crystal 20

C-HOP (probably cascade) FWH to ~25IBU

60 minute boil.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I have. I liked it.

 

[Swab]

Mind sharing what you brewed?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Mind sharing what you brewed?

Too many to list/remember. There was a 1 year period where everything I brewed used FWH. Everything from Pale Ale to Quads.

 

[Swab]

Awesome .. thanks

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Awesome .. thanks

Yep. I read about. I tried it. I liked the results and then tried it with anything I could come up with.

 

[thetragichero]

There was a 1 year period where everything I brewed used FWH. Everything from Pale Ale to Quads.

i've been doing this for the past few batches

 

[tinman1]

Interesting- are you using a hop bag and removing prior to boil?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Interesting- are you using a hop bag and removing prior to boil?

No. The point of FWH is that they are in the kettle as you drain the runnings off of the MLT. They stay in through the boil.

You still get the intensity of a typical bittering charge but, and it's impossible to explain, it's smoother. YRMV.

 

[TimTrone]

I've been mash hopping on a bunch of my beers lately. FWH is really good too, but it adds a different character.

 

[djt17]

I have done a Saaz, Blonde Ale, FWH only; it was fantastic.

 

[TimTrone]

Do you get a good aroma with JUST fwh? I've never done it by itself, but now I'm wondering if I should.

 

[BigRob]

Flavour, not aroma.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Do you get a good aroma with JUST fwh? I've never done it by itself, but now I'm wondering if I should.

No. None. Best way to describe it is like a bittering charge and a flavoring charge all at once. I have read tons of technical write ups regarding the chemistry behind FWH and have yet to find anything that can explain why, or how, it is so effective.

IIRC, FWH'ing is equivalent to a bittering charge and a 20 minute charge.