WVBeerBaron
Well-Known Member
In an effort to get to know hop verities better I am considering brewing a couple of one gallon experiments. Each would use the same fermentables but a single, different hop variety. At first I was thinking of doing some small mashes and doing this all-grain but the small size of the mash and having to keep the temp constant worried me so I think I will go an easier route. For malt I will use amber dme at 90% of the bill and corn sugar at 10% (mimicking an IPA). Then I will just use one hop variety in each one gallon batch. I will start with cascade, simcoe, centennial, etc. Since each has a different alpha acid level I will adjust the boil time and amount so all batches end up with as close to 30 IBU as I can get. I will use glass fermenters and ferment at 68 degrees, with 2 weeks in the primary, then bottle and age for a month. I hope under the same conditions and same base malts the difference in hop flavor and bitterness will be easy to identify and analyze. Anything else I am not considering? Has anyone done something like this already? Tips or opinions? Thanks!