uniiqueuser
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Hi, haven't posted here for a while, many other things to do.
Some time ago I purchased a block at Kinglake. The house was toasted but the shed and various outbuildings survived (happily the previous owners survived but decided not to rebuild) and I was pleasently surprised to find a hop vine growing over the top of an old chicken coop. Of course until the cones started to come out I didn't know what it was. Needless to say the chicken coop has now found an important new function.
Various opinions from experienced brewers have suggested that they are Pride of Ringwood.
I wasn't able to harvest all the cones (I was stuck in hospital recovering from back surgery) but my sister and her hubby grabbed a garbage bag full which I have dried and frozen.
Now that is getting a bit colder, brewing season has opened.
Question is, how do I measure dried hops so I use the right amount? Once I determine the right amount do I boil them or just add them raw?
I don't currently have a useful (ie accurate) set of scales so I would be reduced to counting the number of cones. If someone could tell me how many cones I might need for a 23 ltr brew of a Coopers lager (for instance) it would be greatly appreciated.
What I am after is making the resulting beer a little more bitter. I am used to the taste of my largely 'megaswill' brews but they do tend to be a bit 'sweet'.
I am sure there is a thread concerning this and I will recieve a few 'why don't you look a bit harder you boofhead' messages but it is Friday and I have knocked off for the day.
Some time ago I purchased a block at Kinglake. The house was toasted but the shed and various outbuildings survived (happily the previous owners survived but decided not to rebuild) and I was pleasently surprised to find a hop vine growing over the top of an old chicken coop. Of course until the cones started to come out I didn't know what it was. Needless to say the chicken coop has now found an important new function.
Various opinions from experienced brewers have suggested that they are Pride of Ringwood.
I wasn't able to harvest all the cones (I was stuck in hospital recovering from back surgery) but my sister and her hubby grabbed a garbage bag full which I have dried and frozen.
Now that is getting a bit colder, brewing season has opened.
Question is, how do I measure dried hops so I use the right amount? Once I determine the right amount do I boil them or just add them raw?
I don't currently have a useful (ie accurate) set of scales so I would be reduced to counting the number of cones. If someone could tell me how many cones I might need for a 23 ltr brew of a Coopers lager (for instance) it would be greatly appreciated.
What I am after is making the resulting beer a little more bitter. I am used to the taste of my largely 'megaswill' brews but they do tend to be a bit 'sweet'.
I am sure there is a thread concerning this and I will recieve a few 'why don't you look a bit harder you boofhead' messages but it is Friday and I have knocked off for the day.