Just a quickie on hops.
I have done few brews now with hops, experimenting away etc etc. I have found some hop aromas and flavours dissapear quite quickly. Is this because the hop I have used has a low Alpha %?
In essence, what I am trying to say is higher the Alpha % better?
Ta!
I Hop You Can Help!
I Hop You Can Help!
Fermenting:-
FV 1 - Festival Spiced Winter Ale
FV 2 - Empty
FV 3 - Empty
FV 4 - Ditches Stout
Drinking:-
Keg 1 - Nothing
Conditioning:-
Bottles - Brewferm Winter Ale
Bottles - Brewferm Triple
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Work in progress
Old Tin of Coopers Cerveza
Couple of old tins of stuff to experiment with!
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Geezah
Re: I Hop You Can Help!
The Alpha - Acid rating is used really for the bittering scale of the hop rather than the flavour or aroma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_acid
Reaserching the hop strain and origin will give more idea as to how well it keeps flavour and aroma.
I'm still struggling to get that EKG style that shepard Neam seem to have present in most of their brews I love.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_acid
Reaserching the hop strain and origin will give more idea as to how well it keeps flavour and aroma.
I'm still struggling to get that EKG style that shepard Neam seem to have present in most of their brews I love.