Four pounds of PNW hops per barrel?? What's that in homebrewing terms?

[Beerbeque]

One of the most hop flavored beers I know of is I know of is Firestone's Union Jack which claims to use 4 lbs of PNW hops per bbl. How much hops would that translate to for a 5 gallon homebrew batch?

 

[PseudoChef]

1 bbl = 31 gallons.

4 lbs hops = 64 oz

64/31 = 2.06 oz/gallon * 5 gallons = 10.32 oz or 292.57 g

Substantially more than the recipe found here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/can-you-brew-recipe-firestone-walker-union-jack-188929/

 

[shivalotus]

Keep in mind that hop utilization drops in larger batch sizes.

 

[theveganbrewer]

Keep in mind that hop utilization drops in larger batch sizes.

Hop utilization increases in larger batch sizes over 20 gallons. You should add more hops if you're brewing a homebrew size batch, could need anywhere from 10%-20% more hops than what they used commercially.

 

[shivalotus]

Hop utilization increases in larger batch sizes over 20 gallons. You should add more hops if you're brewing a homebrew size batch, could need anywhere from 10%-20% more hops than what they used commercially.

Thanks for catching that. Evidently I tried to type two sentences and came out with a mess.

 

[theveganbrewer]

Thanks for catching that. Evidently I tried to type two sentences and came out with a mess.

I figured you knew what you were talking about.