Home grown nugget

[xurgee]

I have grown some nugget hops. I want to formulate an ipa recipe using these as the bittering hops. How should I calculate the alpha acids on a hop that will not be lab tested?


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[alane1]

Just use the average alpha acid for the strain +/- a few ibu's won't make that much a difference.

 

[thaymond]

I'll take a trip to the LHBS, look at that strain, and assume the low end % range. So if Cascade is 4.5-7%, you're probably more towards 4.5%. As above, a few ibus here or there are no big deal when it comes to homegrown hops.

I used my Nugget in a black iPa, and it was killer. Looking forward to some Nugget porters and stouts this winter.