Adding hops (an extract) after fermentation

[LuvMyRedDog]

I've got several corny kegs full of beer, beer that is too sweet for me. I really like my beer bitter.

Here is what I was thinking of doing. Please, someone more experienced than me, if this is dumb, stop me.

Take an ounce of centennial leaf hops (9.7% AA) let it steep on my stove for an hour, and pour the tea into one of my corny kegs.

What are your thoughts?

 

[david_42]

You'll need to boil it. Yooper has had good luck making a bittering tea. You might look at some of her posts on the subject.

 

[Eastside Brewer]

There is also a hop extract that you can buy for about 12 bucks, it tells you how many bittering IBU's you get per ml in a 5 gallon beer. They also have other hop oils that are designed for flavor and aroma and I have had good success with them all.

Eastside

 

[LuvMyRedDog]

Thanks for your posts. I saw Yooper's post after posting here, and went ahead with the tea extraction. The beer is much better, much better.