Female flower cones from the Humulus Lupulus plant. Used for their flavor, aroma, and bittering qualities. Hops also contribute a preservative/anti-microbial properties to beer.
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What to do with leftover hops?
Rather than tell you what hops I have leftover from my last brew, I'd like to know... are there any online resources that can suggest recipes based on what I have, similar to Cocktail Builder?
My ...
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Does PH affect hop bitterness?
I've always disagreed with the idea that dry hopping or late hopping added 0 IBUs to your end product. If I ever brewed a kit or recipe and followed the hop schedule exactly, it would pretty much ...
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A aroma/flavor hops taxonomy
I would like to gain some knowledge about hops and have an idea in what all those varieties differ. Is it possible to define a few categories for hops (for example based on region of origin), so to ...
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hops for belgian trappist/abbey beers
I love Rochefort 10, Chimay (to a lower degree), and some other belgian beers. So I would like to try to do something similar, or just take some inspiration from them. What are the most commonly used ...
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Online hops reference
Is there any online place to get as much information as possible about hops. For example alpha and beta acids, cohumulone content, aroma progile and any other possibly useful information?
I did my ...
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How to train my nose for hop aromas?
I oftes see videos where people describe (what I believe is hop-related aroma) with words like spicy, floral, citrusy, etc., but for me it is very hard to get (and to tell apart) any of this. So what ...
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Fuggles hops for bittering
I am using Fuggles for bitter and for flavour/aroma. While I am content with flavour/aroma I find that bitterness is a bit harsh. Is it just my opinion, or Fuggle is not very suitable for bitterness?
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Growing hops from seeds
Where I live (France) I can't easily find hops rizhomes, but I can find seeds, so my two questions are:
Any shop in France/Europ from which I can buy hops rizhomes?
If I grow hops from seeds how do ...
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Is there a distinction between flavoring (e.g. 30m) and aroma (late) hop additions
Boiling hops reduces the beta acids that are associated with aroma/flavor. Is there any other advantage to a 30 minute hop addition or could you just increase your 60 minute hop addition to achieve ...
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What are the practical differences between leaf hops and hop pellets?
I'm looking to start purchasing hops in bulk, and there are more options than I thought for getting leaf hops. I've heard (read in this forum) that leaf hops can be better for dry hopping, and also ...
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How do you strain pellet hops out of wort or beer?
After boiling pellets how can I deal with them? Is there a simple way to get them out of the wort, or can I leave them during fermentation? In that case will I be sure they will drop on the bottom and ...
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Layering different varieties of hops at single intervals
Brewed a IPA yesterday:
75% 2 row
5% crystal 20
5% crystal 40
10% melanoidin
5% table sugar
I was using Jamil's (Vinnie Cilurzo's? Tasty McD's?) IPA as a baseline recipe, which calls for ...
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Good Way to Stuff Dry Hops into Dry Hop Bag
I'm new to brewing and I recently transferred some brew from secondary that had dry hopping into a corney keg.
I think everything went fine, but I really had a hard time stuffing the dry hops into ...
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Amount of hops necessary
How to know the exact amount of hops needed by most of beer styles?
Is there any table or something that guides the amounts or something?
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Grow my own hops, what kind
I'm thinking about growing my own hops. From what I gather I can just plant the vines in the back yard somewhere and they grow much like grapes. I heard it takes 2-3 years for them to grow in and ...
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Columbus Alpha Acid?
I just received a package with some supplies that I ordered, including Columbus hops. I was expecting to have Columbus with something around 12% AA, but the hops bags is labeled with only 6%, this is ...
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Is hop harvesting before first frost necessary?
Still relatively new to hop growing and this year is my first viable yield worth harvesting. My cones are seemingly ready and some cool weather is on the way. Do I need to get the cones off the vine ...
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Ways to better utilize hops with a coffeepress?
I am thinking about trying to utilize the hops I use better by combining late addition and early addition via a coffeepress.
The basic idea is to make a hops-tea in the coffeepress, let it sit for ...
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Hop variety resources
Are there any good resources for finding out which hop varieties have similar aroma, flavour and bittering potential. E.g. a place to lookup a hop could be substituted for another hop for bittering ...
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What to expect from “Mash” Hopping?
A friend and I recently threw an IPA together with the hops and grains we had on hand. We had 8oz of Cascade whole leaf hops lying around, so to spread the love, we decided to throw a couple ounces ...
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When to remove hops and other bittering/aroma agents?
On brew day, when is the appropriate time to remove the hops and other bittering/aroma agents from the wort? Is it at flameout, or is it once the wort has been fully cooled and is ready for the ...
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Where to get fresh hops?
Fresh hopped beers are excellent tasting and have a very excellent hop flavor. Is it possible to get your hands on fresh hops short of growing them (note I don't have any growing space). I live in ...
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What amount of taste customization can I do with pre-prepared wort (from a kit)?
I really enjoy bitter beers, and would really like to add hops to my next brew. However, I've only done one homebrew so far and it was using a pre-made kit (I used the Edme Bitter wort and malt ...
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Using unknown loose hops
My parents spent some time in Germany recently and brought me back a bag of loose leaf hops as a gift / memento.
Here's the package. All I know is what's on it:
According to Google Translate, the ...
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Strange black pods in wort - hop seeds?
We just brewed an all grain batch yesterday. There was an ounce each of two types of whole leaf hops (from Freshhops) in the boil. After cooling the wort, we strained it through a fine mesh strainer ...
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Stainless Steel Scrubber in Boil Screen to strain hops?
So I have a 6" boil screen in my kettle attached to my ball valve.
Now this doesn't strain that much hops out because of the larger holes in the screen so when I transfer it to my carboy I run it ...
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Are German Merkur or Herkules hops noble enough to sub in a Pilsener?
On an impulse last week I picked up some German Merkur and Herkules hops from the LHBS to use as flavoring and aroma hops in a pilsner, because I thought they might be an interesting twist. But now ...
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Increased Magnum hops in a Fat Tire Clone
So I brewed the book "Beer Captured"'s Fat Tire Clone the other day.
I made a few slight variations. One being I used Wyeast 1056 instead of a Belgian Yeast because I figured since it's not a Belgian ...
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Leaf Hops in Primary
I used leaf hops in my boil and did not filter them out when I transferred to primary. I thought it'd be like pellet hops, which settle down into the yeast cake. This is not the case, though. They ...
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All-late addition hop APA
Has anyone tried this or anything like it from HBC?
http://www.homebrewchef.com/AmarilloPale.html
The claim is that since the AA's are so high, adding late will balance the beer and impart an ...
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“Self-Processing” Hops
I believe that hop pellets and plugs are essentially just hops that are grinded and pressure molded. Given the amount of nuisance that whole hops have given me (clogged siphon hoses, yeast ...
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What variety of hops grows well in the south eastern US?
I have plenty of land that is suitable for growing hops; protected from wind, well drained, and receives lots of full sun. I'm not sure what variety would do well in western North Carolina and is ...
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How do you make your own recipe?
I guess most people brew from kits, or from the many available recipes on the net. But for those few recipe formulators, how do you go about building a recipe?
And, given the inexactness of brewing, ...
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How much hops to use when reducing a batch size?
I want to brew a 2.5 gallon batch of beer based on a West Coast IPA recipe for a standard 5 gallon batch. Is there a calculation for scaling back the amount of hops used for bittering, aroma and ...
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Two part question on my first brew batch
Thank you all in advance.
Finished my first brew from an extract kit, a Amber Ale. I added vanilla bean in secondary (4 whole beans) but followed the recipe to the tee. Beer finished and carbonated ...
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When modifying a recipe, should you scale hops based on alpha acids?
I am planning on brewing several versions of an IPA where I keep the grain bill the same, and just change out the hops. I will use a single hop for each batch. The idea is to learn the aroma and ...
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Styles other than steam suited for use of Northern Brewer hops
So I have a one pound bag of northern brewer hops (along with about a half pound left of amarillos). Any suggestions for a recipe or style? I'm typically pretty boring, love to brew APA's, IPA's ...
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Rager Hop Formula Clarification
I'm coding up some personal brewing software, and I'm confused by the explanation of the [Rager Formula][1]
[1]: http://www.realbeer.com/hops/FAQ.htm l
What is meant by the term "boil gravity", Is ...
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How do I account for Late Hop/Whirlpool IBUs?
The equations I've looked at so far don't really account for massive late hopping and whirlpool additions. I really like the flavor and aroma I get from late hopping, but It's been very hard to brew a ...
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Old homegrown hops
I have been growing and using my own hops for a couple of years now. after harvesting this year I left them out to dry, they have been drying now for a little to long (about two months) they are all ...
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How do I determine the freshness of malt & hops?
In a lot of recipes I have read, there is an emphasis on the freshness of the malt and hops. If I am buying online or in my homebrew store, how do I determine the freshness of what I am buying?
Are ...
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Will Dry Hopping Add Bitterness?
The prevailing wisdom seems to be that dry hopping is for aroma only, and effects on flavor are assumed to be a matter of perception. (i.e. smell affects taste)
However, while attempting to "fix" a ...
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What accounts for the cheesy/sweaty flavor of hops and are there ways to minimize it?
A friend of mine likes bitter beers but shies away from strongly hopped beers because he's very sensitive to the cheesy or sweaty flavor that hops can give.
I've noticed this flavor in a few ...
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Finding good hop stockists
Im having a lot of trouble buying the hops I want (specifically Horizon)
How do you find good hop stockists? Im from the uk.
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Picking hops very late
I had a bunch of hops growing about 3 hours away from me (at parent's house, which has much more land). I went up one weekend, and they looked almost ready, then I went up a month later and they were ...
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Bittering hop contribution to flavor
How much do bittering hops contribute to flavor? Does a hop addition at the beginning of a 60m boil result in the destruction of most that hop's flavor compounds?
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HopRocket (hopback) questions: “captive” wort and effect at beginning vs. end of run
Brewed a double IPA last Sunday and used a HopRocket as a hopback for the first time (standard setup: kettle -> HopRocket -> counterflow chiller -> fermenter using gravity feed.) Overall very pleased ...
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Are my aged hops ready?
I've got about 3oz of cascade hops that spent 2 years in the freezer before I decided around January 2011 to take them out, put them in a paper bag, and let them sit at room temperature to age so I ...
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Where did the hops go?
A few weeks ago, I pulled some of an IPA I was making and force carbonated it so my friend and I could try some. While it was not the bitterest I have tasted, it was definitely an IPA. I bottled the ...
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What are the effects of storing hops in the freezer?
Two months ago I brewed an ale with three hops - cascade, northern brewer and saaz. I immediately put them in the freezer, but want to know how to best use them (if there has been any degredation).
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