First Harvest Ale Recipe Needed

[Moray]

Hi all,

I have been growing some hops, Chinook and Columbus.
They are almost ready for harvesting so I'm thinking of making my own first harvest ale and trying wet hopping.
I have read that when wet hopping you should use 5 times the amount of dry hops.

I'm thing of a double batch of amber ale along the lines of this

9.00 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 87.80 %
0.50 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (49.3 EBC) Grain 4.88 %
0.50 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC) Grain 4.88 %
0.25 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (216.7 EBC) Grain 2.44 %
45.00 gm Northern Brewer [7.60 %] (60 min) Hops 18.2 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [Starter 125 ml] Yeast-Ale

100 grams wet chinook 10 minutes
100 grams wet columbus 10 minutes
50 grams wet chinook flame out
50 grams wet columbus flame out

Does this look a bit over the top with wet hop additions ?

 

[Stuster]

It doesn't look too over the top to me. I would switch round the quantities though, and put a bigger addition at flame out than at 10. Alternatively, just start throwing in handfuls of hops for the last few minutes. Smells great.

One thing to factor in is that you'll lose some wort to absorption with that amount of hops in the kettle.

 

[kabooby]

I would add some of the hops as a dry hop addition. Wait till fermentation is finished then throw them in and crash chill for a few days

Let us know how it goes

kabooby

 

[waggastew]

Moray,

How did this harvest ale turn out? My hops are gunning along and my thoughts have turned to a Harvest Ale.