17th Brew - Fresh Hop Ale - August 30, 2008

by jvetter 24. August 2008 20:40

I know we just brewed last week but the pilsner just kicked yesterday, which has left me with empty taps. The Saison is on as well as a gallon of barley wine, but I expect that to go fast. The Marzen is fermenting, but won't be ready for 7 weeks, so the only conclusion can be to make more.

In light of some homegrown hops that we have been harvesting, were hoping to make a fresh hop ale. John tells me that he picked 10 oz of wet hops this past week, which should result in 2.5 ounces of dried. Plus we have 4 ounces of dried from the first yearly picking. Hopefully we can pick a few more ounces on Friday evening or Saturday morning for use in the brew so we can get as much fresh hop as possible. As it is the majority of the brew will be from homegrown cascade hops.

So the idea is to create a cascade hop bomb. Something akin to Victory Hop Wallop or maybe something darker like Hop Devil. The question is what kind of beer will best bring out the hops and whether to add any additional hops from storage. I did an inventory and this is what I have in the freezer:

Amount Hop Type Form
6.30 oz Nugget Whole Leaf
5.00 oz Cascade Whole Leaf
2.00 oz Glacier Pellets
1.50 oz Palisade Plugs
1.50 oz Glacier Plugs
1.00 oz Simcoe Leaf and Pellets
1.00 oz Perle Pellets
0.75 oz Northern Brewer Leaf
0.50 oz Warrior Pellets

Any thoughts on beer type or hop combination? I will figure something out real soon.

Hope everyone can make it.

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John
John United States
8/25/2008 12:18:33 PM #

What recipes do you have that make heavy use of cascade? I like the idea of a darker hop delivery drink - maybe even a hoppy porter?

Steve
Steve United States
8/25/2008 12:41:28 PM #

A hoppier version of Hop Devil sounds great for this.  Alternatively, an English October Beer would showcase any type of hop fairly well.  Here's a link if you are unfamiliar with the style:

www.allaboutbeer.com/.../23.4-octoberbeer.html

If it's not too over-the-top it could be really interesting.

jvetter
jvetter United States
8/25/2008 5:26:23 PM #

Yea, I was thinking hop devil which could be good. I drew up a lighter one last night, but it's real rough. I'll past the details from BTP below:

Fresh Cascade Hop Ale
14-B American IPA

Size: 11.0 gal
Efficiency: 85.0%
Attenuation: 78.0%
Calories: 232.99 per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.070 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 9.2 (6.0 - 15.0)
Alcohol: 7.19% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 50.72 (40.0 - 60.0)

Ingredients:
22.0 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt
3.0 lbs Crystal Malt 20°L
1.0 lbs Cara-Pils® Malt
1.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added first wort, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 oz Centennial (10.0%) - added during boil, boiled 90 min
1.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
1.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
1.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min
2.0 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
1.0 tbsp 5.2 pH Stabilizer - added during mash
2 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 10 min
2.0 ea White Labs WLP001 California Ale

jvetter
jvetter United States
8/25/2008 5:39:36 PM #

Other thing I forgot to mention is that I have like 40 lbs of 2-row american pale that is older than my bad of pilsner, so it would be good if I could use a lot of this.

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