Unleash the centennial hop monster.

[tchuklobrau]

Well as it sits we have a buyer for my house, and in july I will be moving to Germany. That being said I have enough pils malt for 2 beers. Not sure about the second beer yet, but the 1st is set to brew this sat.


11lb pils malt
1 lb 60l crystal


.5 lb wet homegrown centennial in mashtun
1 oz centennial pellet 60 min
1 lb dried homegrown centennial 30 min
1 lb centennial homegrown 15 min
1 lb centennial homegrown 10 min
.5 lb centennial homegrown 5 min
.5 lb wet centennial dry hop


lol stupid crazy hops additions, but hey I cant take it with me, might as well use it all at once.

 

[wilserbrewer]

With all those hops absorbing the wort....you'll likely get two pints from the batch...haha

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Where are you getting wet hops this time of year? Growing indoors?

 

[Ramitt]

I have a hard time believing that will be drinkable.

 

[tchuklobrau]

Where are you getting wet hops this time of year? Growing indoors?

Vacuum sealed and in freezer since harvest, just did a small 1g batch last month chasing down a "flavor" issue they were still amaizing smelling, and my 1 g batch turned out nice.




Lol did not think about the hops absorbing the wort, might have to modify grain bill and plan on a 7-8g batch to end up with 5g

 

[Bubba]

More than 4 lbs of hops you must be drunk or is that a typo

 

[mikeysab]

If you need to get rid of 4 pounds of hops, I'll take some off your hands. You'll feel good about it, and your beer will be drinkable.

 

[tchuklobrau]

yeah but at least 1 lb will add 0 to the bitterness. But the more I think about it, I guess it is a bit overkill. And as I still have 1lb of centennial pellet and 1lb of crystal pellet left im sure I will be giving alot away and feeling great

 

[Robin0782]

I do love Centennial, but whoa.

 

[Frankiesurf]

I would like to aid in your warm hearted feeling and take some centennial off your hands.

 

[Grumpybumpy]

That will taste like....well....centennial. I'd love to sample that!

 

[sweetcell]

That being said I have enough pils malt for 2 beers.

... and with that many hops, 2 beers is about all you'll get out of that batch <rimshot>. that's not an imperial IPA... that's a Galactic Empire IPA!

i too would be more than happy to help out with an leftover hops you need to get rid of. i'll even name the batch in your honor - "tchuklobrau's sl'hoppy seconds IPA".

 

[mikeysab]

yeah but at least 1 lb will add 0 to the bitterness. But the more I think about it, I guess it is a bit overkill. And as I still have 1lb of centennial pellet and 1lb of crystal pellet left im sure I will be giving alot away and feeling great

So do I pm you my address now, or later?

 

[tchuklobrau]

now, later, its all the same to me.

Ok on a seroius note then. The only time I used whole hops in a beer was my 1st attempt at a wet hop ipa which was an epic failure. Not sure if it was a dumper because of using wet hops longer than 30 min in the boil, or just because of the fermenter(which I now know is bugged). So if I were doing a 5g batch and used a normal amount of hops(say 1 lb total ) how much wort loss do you figure id have

 

[tchuklobrau]

changed hop addition.

8oz in mash
.5 pellet 60 min
6 oz 30 min
6 oz 20 min
4 oz 10 min
3 oz 5 min

also for s&g's i threw some star anise, and sasaparilla in the boil as well. mash has 15 min left b4 sparge. lol my wlp001 starter floweth over(never had one go over 1/10th as much as this)