I'm looking at designing and building an automatic hopping device. I'm trying to figure out if it is worth building one that can handle whole/fresh hops. Never having used them or seen them in person I have no idea what volume they take up.
Can anyone suggest - on a 'normal' batch of beer (20L, 'normal' IBUs for you) that you do - when you use fresh hops - how much do you use, and how much volume do they take?
Similarly - I'd be interested in knowing what quantity of hops most people use per brew (max 'normal' addition per brew is really what is important to figure out what size each chamber needs to be) and how many additions you would normally do. If you do double batches etc, calculate it down and post for a single batch.
I'm figuring that for special batches (infrequent, super high ibu beers) that manual hopping will be fine.
Here's mine:
Lael - standard IBUs - 20 - 50, normally 2-5oz per brew depending on AA - largest single hop addition - normally 1-1.5oz
Can anyone suggest - on a 'normal' batch of beer (20L, 'normal' IBUs for you) that you do - when you use fresh hops - how much do you use, and how much volume do they take?
Similarly - I'd be interested in knowing what quantity of hops most people use per brew (max 'normal' addition per brew is really what is important to figure out what size each chamber needs to be) and how many additions you would normally do. If you do double batches etc, calculate it down and post for a single batch.
I'm figuring that for special batches (infrequent, super high ibu beers) that manual hopping will be fine.
Here's mine:
Lael - standard IBUs - 20 - 50, normally 2-5oz per brew depending on AA - largest single hop addition - normally 1-1.5oz