FrozenOcean
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So, my mother in law has a giant hop plant that she has been growing for a couple of years. This year, it produced a pile of cones, so when they were looking pretty ripe last weekend, I went out and picked a bunch. Here is the result:
They smell nice... Maybe I'm just being optimistic, but they smell like hops you would put in an american IPA or PA. They smell somewhat citrusy, and definitely a bit flowery.
So, to test these out, I'm going to go all in and brew a 5 gallon batch. I'm an extract brewer, and have very little experience, so designing a recipe is pretty much a guess. What I'm going to try to do is brew something that will be either an APA or an IPA, depending on what the bittering potential of these hops turns out to be. I will use a neutral bittering hop at 60 minutes, with a target IBU of ~35. Then, I will do late hop additions of the mystery hops. If they have any bittering potential they should bump it up into IPA territory. If not, then it will just be a PA.
Anyways, here's my recipe (note that to a certain extent I'm just using stuff that I have kicking around the house)... Any input would be helpful:
6lbs Light LME
2.5lbs Amber DME
0.5lbs Wheat DME
>Should give me an OG 1.065
0.6 oz 16%AA Warrior @ 60min (35 IBUs)
0.5 oz Mystery Hop @ 15min
0.5 oz Mystery Hop @ 10min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop @ 5min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop @ 0min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop dry hop (if appropriate)
Should I be steeping some grains in there?
They smell nice... Maybe I'm just being optimistic, but they smell like hops you would put in an american IPA or PA. They smell somewhat citrusy, and definitely a bit flowery.
So, to test these out, I'm going to go all in and brew a 5 gallon batch. I'm an extract brewer, and have very little experience, so designing a recipe is pretty much a guess. What I'm going to try to do is brew something that will be either an APA or an IPA, depending on what the bittering potential of these hops turns out to be. I will use a neutral bittering hop at 60 minutes, with a target IBU of ~35. Then, I will do late hop additions of the mystery hops. If they have any bittering potential they should bump it up into IPA territory. If not, then it will just be a PA.
Anyways, here's my recipe (note that to a certain extent I'm just using stuff that I have kicking around the house)... Any input would be helpful:
6lbs Light LME
2.5lbs Amber DME
0.5lbs Wheat DME
>Should give me an OG 1.065
0.6 oz 16%AA Warrior @ 60min (35 IBUs)
0.5 oz Mystery Hop @ 15min
0.5 oz Mystery Hop @ 10min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop @ 5min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop @ 0min
1.0 oz Mystery Hop dry hop (if appropriate)
Should I be steeping some grains in there?