Help with hops

[brewmeister13]

What would you suggest for hop addition amounts then?

My best advice would be to look at other recipes, this is a good place to start http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/AHA-National-Homebrew-Competition-Winners-Circle (the recipes are tried and true), and see what others are doing with a particular style. Then balance what you want to accomplish with what you've seen working for others. Otherwise, you will get a lot of back and forth on what to do, due to the highly personal nature of our hobby. In the end the difference between FWH and traditional bittering additions isn't going to make or break the beer. Neither will moving .5 oz of hops from 15 min to flame out. After brewing a recipe once you can then go back and tweak it to better meet your desired outcome, but chances are the beer you brew will still be worth drinking while pondering what changes to make. Good luck.

 

[CA_Mouse]

With FWH you actually do get flavor and aroma from the hop you use. The flavor components bind with the malt and don't boil off as they would when added to a regular rolling boil.

I just did 3 different beers using FWHs, an IPA, a DCA and a Stout. the Stout had no other hop additions and there was no flavor imparted from the Cascade that I used. It has a very mellow or smooth bitterness from the hops, but nothing to tell that I used Cascade. So I will have to disagree with your assumption of flavor and aroma being added to the malt. Boiling will always remove those volatile and essential flavor and aroma oils from the wort.

 

[RonPopeil]

i'm gonna laugh in a few days when this guy is reading this thread while drinking this beer.