Bottle Hopping

[Patterd Ale]

Recently I have tried adding a cone to the bottle prior to filling, different hops in small numbers of bottles for experiments. In every case it has been worthwhile. Has anyone else tried this? I suppose it is just concentrated, labour intensive dry hopping, but does show what different hops can achieve. Any opinions?

[kane]

This sounds like a great idea.
Im currently working my way through a few single hop recipes to get an idea of the flavours/aromas.
However with this, i could just do a single small batch, with some bittering hops, and then hop a couple of bottles with all the different hops i want to use.

Is one cone enough to give a decent aroma?

Is the aroma from the dry hopping different to the aroma you would get if you steeped the hops post boil?

Cheers
Kane

[boingy]

Isn't the cone a bit of a pain when you come to pour the beer?

[Manx Guy]

Interesting idea...

I suppose a tea strainer might me useful? lol

Guy

[Patterd Ale]

I find the cone tends to sink and if poured carefully remains there. Not always though! So far I have only done this with single cones and it certainly adds aroma and I believe an element of flavour. I can't be sure but it appears to give a more intense/noticable aroma than post boil steeping, although it was in a beer that had been steeped. I have tried cascade and goldings but nothing more potent yet. Worth experimenting with I reckon.