Vellum
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So I've been growing hop bines for two years now and I just love picking a fresh hop and sucking on it for about a half hour. Anyone else try it? Intensely bitter but you notice the flavor differences in each variety.
So I've been growing hop bines for two years now and I just love picking a fresh hop and sucking on it for about a half hour. Anyone else try it? Intensely bitter but you notice the flavor differences in each variety.
So I've been growing hop bines for two years now and I just love picking a fresh hop and sucking on it for about a half hour. Anyone else try it? Intensely bitter but you notice the flavor differences in each variety.
Congratulation to you, 30min is impressive.
I have broke hops in half to taste for bitterness before. Usually just touching the broken hop with my tongue results in a lasting bitter taste so I had to try a whole hop. A whole columbus cone between the cheek and gum, 5min easy could of gone longer, but I was sort of just letting it sit there. Tried a chinook hop cone, it did taste different, same thing for about 5min so thought ok let see if you can really suck on these things. Nope, well not me at least. A shot glass amount of milk pretty much removed the bitterness.
My harvest is done I can send you my measuring bowl incase you want lick the bowl.
Y'all know you can buy CO2 hop extract in syringes, for when you need a quick fix, right?
(I licked my finger after dismantling one of the syringes to try and clean it out for use for dosing lactic acid into the mash. Don't do that)
I just love picking a fresh hop and sucking on it for about a half hour. Anyone else try it?
I do that. I grow Willamette in my yard, and I absolutely eat raw cones.
Reading the comments here, I kid you not, I am actually floored that no other home brewers besides you and I like this idea.
I must just love hops. I think NEIPA amounts of hops are a baseline. LOL
Most of my 5-gallon batches have at least 8 oz of hops.
I have chewed on hop pellets like tobacco for years.
I typically always eat a cone or a pellet on brew day.
I'll leave fresh hops in my cheek while drinking an IPA, while brewing an IPA.
I'm not saying I deserve a badge for it, I'm not trying to sound "extreme" - it's just my taste preference. Some people eat avocado pits. Some like pineapple on pizza. I'm a little weird too, I guess.
I find it hilarious that people react to the idea as if I was pouring motor oil in my mouth. It's like, you realize it's just a concentrated amount of something you actually like, right? You know, like if you enjoy sweet tea, you wouldn't balk at the idea of having a spoonful of honey or sugar.
Whatever. To each their own.
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