Hops Advice

[Randy Dykema]

I was recently given some fresh Chinook and Glacier hops. Any advice on how to use them? I was thinking of doing an ale and using the glacier hops for bittering and using the chinooks later in the boil for sweetening/aroma... Any tips are appreciated.

 

[GPP33]

I would use them for late boil or aroma only. You have no idea what the actual alpha acid content is so you have no way of knowing the IBU contribution.

 

[carluchi]

Agreed, since you do not know the AA, stick to flavor or aroma.

I would make two different beers with them as they have very different flavor profiles. I would make a basic a pale ale and add the hops at the 15 and 10 minute marks.

Good luck and Semper Fi ( 89 - 96)