Pellets for flavor and aroma?

[Corkster]

So out of curiosity... do any of you use Hop pellets for the last couple minutes of your boils for flavor/aroma?

Have been curious as to whether or not you would get good flavor/aroma out of pellets in such a short boil...... I don't have enough experience to know but it seems to me that for flavor/aroma you'd get more out of whole hops in a short boil....

 

[BierMuncher]

I use pellets exclusively.

The three micros I've visited do the same.

 

[Bob]

There is really no discernible difference between whole and pellet hops in terms of flavor and aroma. Some brewers believe they experience a smoother flavor/aroma from whole hops. But there is no way of quantifying that experience; you can't measure that in the same way you can measure, say, IBUs.

Bob

 

[david_42]

Some brewers I've talked to say they get better aroma from pellets because the cells have been crushed during processing.

 

[Corkster]

Thanks guys... that's what I was wanting to hear......