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Boiled hops ?

  • 17-09-2015 7:10am
    #1
    anthonyvbyrne
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    I'm near the end of fermentation of a nice northern style ale. Here's wha I did on the hop front ...
    Boiled an ounce of aromatic hops in a muslin bag for 15 mins. Placed them into the FV. I disn't read this method anywhere, it just seems like a good idea at the time. Has anyone else added them this way ? What result ? Did it after a week, with a week still to go.


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  • #2
    oblivious
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    anthonyvbyrne wrote: »
    I'm near the end of fermentation of a nice northern style ale. Here's wha I did on the hop front ...
    Boiled an ounce of aromatic hops in a muslin bag for 15 mins. Placed them into the FV. I disn't read this method anywhere, it just seems like a good idea at the time. Has anyone else added them this way ? What result ? Did it after a week, with a week still to go.

    Best not to boil them as if your adding hop to the FV your looking to extract the aromatics.


  • #3
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    Hops are naturally antiseptic, so don't need boiling. Its good to boil the muslin bag though to sanitize that.


  • #4
    Hingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭Hingo


    some different opinions on this. I would have said no to boiling, but I had this debate before.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92138551&postcount=5

    No harm in making hop tea and chucking the lot in, maybe not too much water if you don't want to water down the brew.

    However the majority of folk I know (and myself) just chuck them in dry..

    Definitely boil the muslin, if possible get a nylon bag for pellets - you'll thank me later


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