I just bottled an extract IPA batch that is supposed to be hoppy and the instructions said to make hop tea that gets slowly added to the bottling bucket along with the priming sugar while racking. The instructions said to boil 1 1/2 cups of water and steep the supplied dry hops in a hop bag until the hop tea reached room temp, which I did. When all was said and done the hops absorbed a lot of the water and yielded only about a half cup of hop tea which I added to the bottling bucket. It didn't seem like much so I thought I would ask how some of you go about making hop tea and how much water you usually start with and end up with as tea.
This extract recipe is supposed to be along the lines of a 90 minute clone but was an 80 minute boil. The sample I tasted (before adding the hop tea) was ok but was less hoppy than a 60 minute which surprised me. It had a very mild hop flavor. Hopefully the tea will add to that. Thanks
This extract recipe is supposed to be along the lines of a 90 minute clone but was an 80 minute boil. The sample I tasted (before adding the hop tea) was ok but was less hoppy than a 60 minute which surprised me. It had a very mild hop flavor. Hopefully the tea will add to that. Thanks