Ever drop a hop pellet into your beer glass?

[Beerbeque]

Did you ever drop a hop pellet into your glass of beer? I do it regularly and the effect is dramatic! The pellet fizzes like a fizzie (remember fizzies?) Within two minutes the hop aroma is quite evident. Then the pellet rises and falls and rises and falls again and each sip has a greater and greater hop aroma and taste! The head and lacing in the beer is increased substantially too. When my beer is finished, I like to pour another over the same pellet and leftover foam. The second beer is even more greatly enhanced by the one single pellet! My favorite hop pellet to do this with is Cascade. This technique has more effect that us hopheads love than any dry hopping I have done. Try it and taste.

 

[Arneba28]

I am so trying this tonight lol. I tried eating one once. BAD BAD IDEA. I couldnt taste anything for about a day. I am doing this with a Yingling and a Fuggle pellet tonight. Edit, I forgot I have homebrew cold. So doing this with my North English Brown and a fuggle to style match.

 

[Trencher]

I typically add any extra hops to my pint glass later in the brew day. Makes a big difference and can really spruce up a mediocre beer.

When a friend told me recently that he'd pulled a cone from one of his Cascade plants to see if they were ready to harvest, I suggested that he drop it in a pint next time instead of throwing it out. He said it was going to be a High Life night and planned to give it a try. I haven't heard how it turned out, but I can't imagine High Life with a fresh Cascade cone would be bad.

 

[Arneba28]

I typically add any extra hops to my pint glass later in the brew day. Makes a big difference and can really spruce up a mediocre beer.

When a friend told me recently that he'd pulled a cone from one of his Cascade plants to see if they were ready to harvest, I suggested that he drop it in a pint next time instead of throwing it out. He said it was going to be a High Life night and planned to give it a try. I haven't heard how it turned out, but I can't imagine High Life with a fresh Cascade cone would be bad.

"The Champagne of Beer" can only get better when you actually put hops into it.

 

[eschatz]

every now and then I eat a hop pellet while brewing. I love it. However, I can understand if people would think that this is too intense.

 

[Arneba28]

So I just did this and the taste is great. I imagine it would be really really good if I could taste more but with this cold I cant taste much. Its fizzing in the bottom of the glass like a smoke bomb or something.

 

[Borisbbadd]

I'm going to have to give it a try, sounds like a good idea.

 

[John Beere]

Well a Cascade pellet doesn't do a damn thing for Coors Light... except make it nastier.

 

[EdWort]

Yeah, and don't ask what a Chinook does to orange juice.

 

[Austin_]

Yeah, and don't ask what a Chinook does to orange juice.

You have me intrigued, good sir.

 

[fat x nub]

I want to try this...tomorrow night. I am not a big beer drinking after 1am

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

I'm going to start putting a baggie of hop pellets in my pocket when we have to go out to places that only sell crappy beer.

 

[Brew-Happy]

I'm going to start putting a baggie of hop pellets in my pocket when we have to go out to places that only sell crappy beer.

hmmm..... a small bag of green plant material being taken out in a beer place...

That could be mistaken for something else rather quickly!!

Headlines the next day...

"Man mistakenly arrested for narcotics possession. Quote " I was only trying to enhance the flavor of my beer!!", while speaking through a bloody lip."

 

[nyer]

I dropped a cone in a shot of vodka and then stuck it in the fridge for a few days. I thought it would be pretty tasty but it turned out nasty.

 

[NWernBrewer]

I may just in fact try this...

 

[nealf]

I just brewed a pale ale today and I'm not planning on dryhopping. Now I'll be able to know what it would taste like dry hopped by using this method, so I know if I need to dry hop next time (I assume I should dry hop).

 

[david_42]

I've done this a couple times & it seems to work better than a whole hop. I suspect that's because the process ruptures most of the cell walls. Plus whole hops just sit there.

 

[Homercidal]

I'm going to do this soon. Why has this not been done before??

 

[Beerbeque]

And there's enough pellets in one ounce of hops to spice up well over one hundred glasses of beer!

 

[bull8042]

Yeah, and don't ask what a Chinook does to orange juice.

JEEZ!!! Thanks a lot dude! I just blew coffee out my nose onto my cubicle wall. My cube mate blessed me and offered a kleenex!!!!!

 

[Edcculus]

Ha, I've got to try this. My brew partner and I were just talking about ways to bring extreme dry hopping to the consumer. One idea was a hop widget. Instead of releasing nitro, it releases a hop pellet or two.

 

[jay8s]

I too did this last night. I used a tea bag to hold the left over hop pellets from a Scottish ale with some Ed Worts House Pale Ale, tasted pretty darn good. Also had it with a Fat Tire clone and that worked out well to. The friend that came over just shook his head at me....

Jay8s

 

[The Pol]

AND the hop shortage deepens! LOL I am trying this today with some Cascade

 

[Alamo_Beer]

I tried this a while back with a brown ale and some fuggles....I used maybe 5 pellets though. It deffinatly worked but I think just 1 would be better. Also, I think crushing up the pellet first might make it work a little....better.

This is a good idea though...maybe instead of dryhopping I'll stick an oz of whatever hops into the kegger and just hop each pint I pull...

 

[bearkluttz]

Trying this now. Gotta say, GREAT IDEA! Definate plus to the head department. Thanks for the Idea.

 

[Coastarine]

My favorite belgian beer bar at home used to have one night of the week where you could use a little wire mesh ball with some whole leaf hops in it. I never tried it though. Sounds delicious.

 

[Mutilated1]

I wondered about that before - I guess I will have to try it now.

 

[John Beere]

Am I the only one that this made sick? Of course it was a Coors Light... but the oil from the Cascade pellet turned my stomach.

 

[bergman1118]

being a major hop-head, i haaave to try this tonight. cascade should be perfect for my iipa

 

[Special Hops]

I never even thought of that. BRILLIANT!