My wife goes to a local "u-pick" organic farm and found out the owner was growing about 5 hop vines. He was wanting to sell them, so on a whim we bought about half of them. This was my first experience with fresh hops. We took them home and I harvested them. I had read an article of a guy that said he never bothers drying them and just vacuum bags them and freezes them, so I did that with most of the hops. The majority of the remaining hops I used in a 2.5 gallon batch with 3lbs wheat and 1 pound light extract with about 3 oz at 60 min, 3 oz at 15 minutes, and 6 oz when I took the pot off the stove.
Some of the hops were saved because my wife had seen instructions for making a wreath with them. They sat in our garage overnight and the next morning they were covered with aphids. We hadn't seen any the day before.
Any thoughts on safety/drinkability of the beer I brewed that might have had aphids or aphid eggs on them? Especially considering a good portion of the hops were added after boiling?
Some of the hops were saved because my wife had seen instructions for making a wreath with them. They sat in our garage overnight and the next morning they were covered with aphids. We hadn't seen any the day before.
Any thoughts on safety/drinkability of the beer I brewed that might have had aphids or aphid eggs on them? Especially considering a good portion of the hops were added after boiling?