Aging Beer & Dry hoppings

[PierreLo]

Hi,

I have stumbled on a scotch ale recipe in Craft Beer & Brewing magazine.
It’s a big beer with an ABV of 13%.
The recipe calls for a 6 to 12 months aging in keg and the beer is aged on whole hops all that time.
I don’t have easy access to whole hop cones and I was wondering if pellet hops could be used for aging beer in barrel.
I haven’t found any information on the hop forms and their impact on aging.
Does anyone have an idea?

 

[kevin58]

Yes you can use pellet hops. According to this you should use one fifth the amount of pellet hops... Whole Hops Vs Pellet Hops Conversion Calculator (Both Ways) - Learning to Homebrew

 

[PierreLo]

Thanks friend.
That is exactly what I was looking for.

 

[Dgallo]

Yes you can use pellet hops. According to this you should use one fifth the amount of pellet hops... Whole Hops Vs Pellet Hops Conversion Calculator (Both Ways) - Learning to Homebrew

That’s referring to wet (fresh) whole hops, not dried whole cones 5 : 1ratio for fresh wet hops to pellets. Dried whole cone hops can replace pellets pretty much 1:1. However some folks claim you should increase your whole cones by 10% to be comparable to pellets due to extraction rates.

 

[kevin58]

You are right. I misread the chart at the bottom.