I have been thinking of ways to keep the grassy notes to a minimun.
Do you think by keeping the whole hops in contact with the hot wort for shorter periods of time would decrease the grassy notes. In particular I am looking at the 10 min addition. If i threw them in stirred them around a bit (3-4 minutes) then pulled then back out less of the green taste would be left behind. I assume 3-4 minuted would be enough to wash the oils out of hops to still get the flavor?
Here are my (current) hop additions for my fresh hop ale
1 oz Warrior hop pellets 60 Min
5 oz Centennial fresh 10 Min
5 oz Citra Fresh 5 Min
5 oz Simcoe Fresh 0 Min
5 oz Citra Fresh Secondary
I still have to come up with the fresh centennials so I may have to sub something if i can't.
Anyone have any other Ideas about keep grassy notes to a minimum???
Do you think by keeping the whole hops in contact with the hot wort for shorter periods of time would decrease the grassy notes. In particular I am looking at the 10 min addition. If i threw them in stirred them around a bit (3-4 minutes) then pulled then back out less of the green taste would be left behind. I assume 3-4 minuted would be enough to wash the oils out of hops to still get the flavor?
Here are my (current) hop additions for my fresh hop ale
1 oz Warrior hop pellets 60 Min
5 oz Centennial fresh 10 Min
5 oz Citra Fresh 5 Min
5 oz Simcoe Fresh 0 Min
5 oz Citra Fresh Secondary
I still have to come up with the fresh centennials so I may have to sub something if i can't.
Anyone have any other Ideas about keep grassy notes to a minimum???