Mags Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just looking for some words of wisdom before I do my next brew tomorrow. I have the following; Coopers Lager 1kg LDME 250g Dextrose US05 Yeast 50g Cascade Hop pellets 5.8% What I want to know is being my first time with hops should I just do the brew without boiling the hops and add them at the end to dry hop. Or should I just jump straight into boiling? I have limited amount of hops being 50g and I am concerned pellets may not be the best for dry hopping? Thanks [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hey mags depending on how much of a hop head you are you could do both a boil and or soak and even dry hop as well. You may as well use all your other ingredients too the US 05 will chew through it nicely.[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Yeah, I think you should do both. 25g - 10-20 min boil 25g - dry hop It should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nothing wrong with pellets for dry hopping, personally I'd go for 10g @ 20 min, 10g @ 5 min and throw the rest in at day 4 or 5, will pick up some flavour and aroma nicely. Though I will be using different hops I also have a draught as my next brew and plan a similar schedule for it (I will be using a 3 hop blend) Cascade dry hopping is where mh obsession srarted[roll] now I have hop plants in the backyard and about a dozen varietys in the freezer. Don't know if I've ever said this but, DAMNATION I LOVE HOPS[love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'll probably give the boil a go guys, thanks. When you say 10g at 20min and 10g at 5min do you mean throw in 10g at 15min and boil to 20min? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'll probably give the boil a go guys' date=' thanks. When you say 10g at 20min and 10g at 5min do you mean throw in 10g at 15min and boil to 20min?[/quote'] Mags Bring 4 litres of water with 430 grams of LDM to a rolling boil, add 10g of Cascade pellets and set a timer for 20 minutes. With 5 minutes to go add another 10g of Cascade to the boil. At zero minutes remove the heat, allow the resultant wort to cool some then add or strain the hop wort into your FV atop the rest of the LDM and the Dex, swirl and add the kit and proceed as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 I am so excited. I have my hops boiling and it smells great, I can't wait for this brew, step in the right direct [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Nice one fella, enjoy the process and the smells, by the time you drink this one you will be blending hops like it aint no thing. Yob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.