Adding Fresh/Dried Hops to Brew Kits

[fifis101]

I know the all-grain brewers will hate me for this but I'm still happy with making beer from kits for now. I commonly experiment with my beers with all sorts of additives. I add hop pellets often to IPAs ect to give them a little extra kick but I have recently aquired some fresh hops and I was wondering how much I should be adding in comparison to the pellets?
Should I dry out the fresh hops before I use them or is it best to use them fresh?

 

[yankinoz]

I know the all-grain brewers will hate me for this

That's overstating matters a bit, but if you are concerned:

Regarding your questiion, the short answer is use them fresh at any stage, but don't keep them longer than a couple of days without using or else drying.

Using Fresh Wet Hops in Home Brewed Beer

Wet hops are hops that are freshly harvested and have not yet been dried or processed. These can be used for home brewing beer, but you need to make some adjustments to your recipe and expectations when using wet hops.

beersmith.com

 

[Hangover68]

I brewed a pils yesterday using fresh saaz hops from a friends garden, i used the same weight that i would have used for pellets and found that it lacked the bite i expected so made a tea and added it to the FV.
I made need to dry hop once its nearly done.

 

[papamoaetmac]

I've been using either the Cooper's lager kit or the blackrock pale ale kit. I was adding a combo of Citra/Centennial/Simcoe on day 5 @ 65 grams each dryhopped for 3 days - packed a real punch after a month in the bottle. I have gone single hop lately either Nectaron or NZ-H107, 100 grams both have a strong tropical pallette, nectarine or guava. I use this hop comparison chart to see where the flavours profiles may go when combining different hops, have found very helpful.

Hop Comparison Tool & Chart - Beer Maverick