Not as good as last years, but this years hops were ready to go.
I was going to brewing anyway so why do a wet hop IPA.
11 lbs- 2 row
1 lb- Victory Malt
3/4 lb- 80L
1 oz Galena @60
1 oz Cascade @10
Fresh picked Mt Hoods steeped 10 min at flame out. About 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket.
Mashed at 154 and used 04 yeast
I have used my own hops before. But they were dried. These were right off the vine.
I made a slight miscalculation and did not factor that in. The dried ones soak up tons of water. These do not. In fact they lowered my OG. I was sitting at 16.5 brix, but ended up at 15 after steeping.
I did learn one thing. I was planning on sun drying the hops as much as I could before I had to use them. But everytime I walked by them while the sun was baking the water out, I could smell them getting stronger.
Since I am using them for aroma, so why bake those smells out of them. I brought them in out of the sun to try and preserve as much of that as I could.
I think it turned out pretty good. We will see in a few short weeks
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