green hop beer
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boingy
Re: green hop beer
I've brewed with Cascade that I froze as soon as picked and the beer was superb. Stunning aroma and not a hint of grassiness. And this coming weekend I'm likely to freeze my entire Cascade harvest because I'll have run out of cornies due to two consecutive green hop brews, one with wildies and one with First Gold last week.
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scuppeteer
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Re: green hop beer
Time will tell, I froze about 250g of green Bramling X and plan to use them in December to test the theory. I do know that one of the big merchants are conducting trials on freeze drying green hops as they do with veg, picked and frozen in a matter of hours. Obviously space is an issue but then if you can brew a beer as good as green hopped ones out of season then its a trial worth doing I say.
As for bragging Seymour, its more fact than a brag! The best time achieved this year by a fellow Kent brewer was 1 hour 20mins. Put my 2 hour effort to shame.
I'll be going for under the hour mark next year, quite achievable when the gardens are only 20 minutes from the brewery. 
As for bragging Seymour, its more fact than a brag! The best time achieved this year by a fellow Kent brewer was 1 hour 20mins. Put my 2 hour effort to shame.
I'll be going for under the hour mark next year, quite achievable when the gardens are only 20 minutes from the brewery. Dave Berry
Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
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Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC
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seymour
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Re: green hop beer
Bump.
Anyone else want to talk about their 2014 Green Hop recipe?
Anyone else want to talk about their 2014 Green Hop recipe?
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scuppeteer
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Re: green hop beer
Going back to my post above, I didn't get round to using them until early August. To be honest the beer was a disappointment and didn't really taste of anything. I wouldn't recommend keeping them for a whole year and expect them to be worth using. It ended up in the drain. 
But the green hop beer I did brew with this years harvest was a record. Just 25 minutes from the bine to the brew, I totally smashed the competition this time!
But the green hop beer I did brew with this years harvest was a record. Just 25 minutes from the bine to the brew, I totally smashed the competition this time!
Dave Berry
Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC
Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC
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Bingshoe
Re: green hop beer
Brewed mine using 450g of Cobb ( http://www.willingham-nurseries.co.uk/hops/cobb.html ) as a SMASH with Nottingham at 20 litres. 150g each addition at FWH, 15 and 5.
Had a bottle at the weekend and very pleased, although a little of the Bitter side for my taste. Hopefully tone down after a while. I suppose this is the risk when you don't know the IBU of Home grown hops.
Had a bottle at the weekend and very pleased, although a little of the Bitter side for my taste. Hopefully tone down after a while. I suppose this is the risk when you don't know the IBU of Home grown hops.
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seymour
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Re: green hop beer
Wow, Cobb Golding is still around?! Good for you mate, helping to keep a legacy like that alive. Very cool. Sounds like yours might've been at the high end of the 4.4-6.7% Alpha Acid range.Bingshoe wrote:Brewed mine using 450g of Cobb ( http://www.willingham-nurseries.co.uk/hops/cobb.html ) as a SMASH with Nottingham at 20 litres. 150g each addition at FWH, 15 and 5.
Had a bottle at the weekend and very pleased, although a little of the Bitter side for my taste. Hopefully tone down after a while. I suppose this is the risk when you don't know the IBU of Home grown hops.
Thanks for sharing.
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Mr. Dripping
Re: green hop beer
Do the fresh hops not turn to mush when thawed boingy??boingy wrote:I've brewed with Cascade that I froze as soon as picked and the beer was superb. Stunning aroma and not a hint of grassiness. And this coming weekend I'm likely to freeze my entire Cascade harvest because I'll have run out of cornies due to two consecutive green hop brews, one with wildies and one with First Gold last week.
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greenxpaddy
Re: green hop beer
I froze a not so great Fuggles crop in the Autumn. Because the quantity was pretty derisory, only enough for a 55L batch, I didn't get round to using them until a month or so ago.
Anyhow, frozen from harvest and used in a strong amber IPA all late it was a most satisfactory clean hoppy result and a great representation of Fuggles hops, albeit from a colder climate than normal. No grassiness coming through at all.I'd just make sure your hops are a in a sealed bag before freezing, pref vac packed.
Anyhow, frozen from harvest and used in a strong amber IPA all late it was a most satisfactory clean hoppy result and a great representation of Fuggles hops, albeit from a colder climate than normal. No grassiness coming through at all.I'd just make sure your hops are a in a sealed bag before freezing, pref vac packed.