I'm about to undertake my third time brewing tomorrow. It's been a while since I've done it, and I'm wanting to start up again and get serious about it. I figured I'd start out with something simple (True Brew Pale Ale kit) and then start tweaking things on subsequent batches to see what would happen.
Anyway, the kit just comes with 1 oz. of UK First Gold hops. The recipe calls for adding all of the malt and the hops at the same time and then boiling for 25-30 minutes. That's a little different from the first two beers I brewed (an Oktoberfest and a Hefeweizen) where I added some hops at one point and then the rest of the hops later. I was scanning through a homebrew book I have and found a recipe that called for 1 oz. of hops and it recommended adding the first 3/4 oz. initially and then the remaining 1/4 oz. five minutes prior to the completion of the boil.
My question is how would you recommend using the hops that I have been provided? What difference will I get in my final product by holding 1/4 oz. of hops until the last five minutes rather than adding them all at the beginning?
Thanks in advance!
Anyway, the kit just comes with 1 oz. of UK First Gold hops. The recipe calls for adding all of the malt and the hops at the same time and then boiling for 25-30 minutes. That's a little different from the first two beers I brewed (an Oktoberfest and a Hefeweizen) where I added some hops at one point and then the rest of the hops later. I was scanning through a homebrew book I have and found a recipe that called for 1 oz. of hops and it recommended adding the first 3/4 oz. initially and then the remaining 1/4 oz. five minutes prior to the completion of the boil.
My question is how would you recommend using the hops that I have been provided? What difference will I get in my final product by holding 1/4 oz. of hops until the last five minutes rather than adding them all at the beginning?
Thanks in advance!