Hop Flowers In Abundance! Advice Needed.

[chrisluki]

Just got a delivery from a work colleague of mine, 1kg of hop flowers!!!

3 varieties, Summer, Pacifica and Ella.

Problem is that i am a rookie and have never used flowers before.

Anyone got some sage words of advice for using these? Now I have to start all over again with recipes for my next brew.

Cheers

Chris

 

[n87]

Send them to me, all your troubles will go away

 

[philmud]

Don't use them for bittering unless you know the AA%. Summer are great but a fairly understated hop, so best suited to pale beers with minimal competition (lager, faux lager, kölsch, saison, golden ale).

 

[DU99]

break them up into small lot if you own vaccum sealer.Read this article might help

 

[manticle]

Use a hopsock or stocking - flowers block taps.
If you do know the aa and will be using some for bittering, use around 10℅ more by weight than you would pellets.

 

[Spiesy]

Flowers are awesome at dry hopping - and you can't overdo bitterness with this addition.

You could also look into using them in a HopRocket or randal.

 

[DU99]

"theres a Sale pitch"

 

[Weizguy]

Don't use them for bittering unless you know the AA%. Summer are great but a fairly understated hop, so best suited to pale beers with minimal competition (lager, faux lager, kölsch, saison, golden ale).

Or an American blonde ale, don't forget the American blond(e). I use Glacier in mine, but there are many options

 

[chrisluki]

Flowers are awesome at dry hopping - and you can't overdo bitterness with this addition.

You could also look into using them in a HopRocket or randal.

Oh geez...I forgot i have a Dogfish Head Randal JR...i might throw a couple at that!

 

[chrisluki]

Thinking about trying a first cube brew soon, might throw a few into that?