What Is The Most Hops You Have Used In A Brew?

[benny_bjc]

Hi,

Just interested to know what the most hops people have ever used in a normal batch of beer? and what the hop schedule was, including what type of hops they were?

I'm not sure if there is already a thread on this.... or maybe I read it somewhere else... but I could not find it in the search.
If there already is a thread please direct me and I appologise.

Thanks!

 

[Tony]

610g in 30 liters.

thats 20.33g/liter

Choke a Pom IPA

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 30.00 Wort Size (L): 30.00
Total Grain (kg): 11.80
Anticipated OG: 1.090 Plato: 21.65
Anticipated EBC: 20.9
Anticipated IBU: 140.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
93.2 11.00 kg. IMC Ale Malt Australia 1.038 4
6.8 0.80 kg. TF Crystal UK 1.034 100

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
40.00 g. Wye Target Pellet 9.00 28.7 First WH
30.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.00 11.4 90 min.
50.00 g. Wye Target Pellet 9.00 29.3 45 min.
30.00 g. Bramling Cross Pellet 8.60 11.1 20 min.
30.00 g. First Gold Pellet 7.70 9.9 20 min.
30.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.00 6.4 20 min.
30.00 g. Progress Pellet 5.70 7.3 20 min.
30.00 g. Wye Northdown Pellet 7.20 9.3 20 min.
30.00 g. Bramling Cross Pellet 8.60 6.6 10 min.
30.00 g. First Gold Pellet 7.70 5.9 10 min.
30.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.20 4.0 10 min.
30.00 g. Progress Pellet 5.70 4.4 10 min.
30.00 g. Wye Northdown Pellet 7.20 5.6 10 min.
30.00 g. Bramling Cross Pellet 8.60 0.0 0 min.
30.00 g. First Gold Pellet 7.70 0.0 0 min.
30.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.20 0.0 0 min.
30.00 g. Progress Pellet 5.70 0.0 0 min.
30.00 g. Wye Northdown Pellet 7.20 0.0 0 min.
40.00 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 5.00 0.0 Dry Hop

 

[Mantis]

610g in 30 liters.

thats 20.33g/liter

Did it have any flavour :lol:

 

[3GumsBrewing]

DIPA

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EBC) Grain 87.46 %
0.23 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 3.35 %
0.23 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 3.35 %
50.00 gm Centennial [9.40 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
50.00 gm Simcoe [12.80 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
70.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [13.70 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
66.00 gm Chinook [12.40 %] (90 min) Hops 70.6 IBU
66.00 gm Warrior [16.40 %] (90 min) Hops 93.4 IBU
32.00 gm Simcoe [12.80 %] (45 min) Hops 24.6 IBU
40.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [13.70 %] (30 min) Hops 30.0 IBU
38.00 gm Simcoe [12.80 %] (0 min) Hops -
60.00 gm Centennial [9.40 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.40 kg Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 EBC) Sugar 5.83 %
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [Starter 3000 ml] Yeast-Ale

 

[Tony]

Did it have any flavour :lol:

No tasted like XXXX Gold. pOsted Recipe above in previous post

Its 1 1/2 years old now and still hoppy, just not as in your face as that XXXX Gold.


DK...... you could have added them up for us? Im too lazy

I think a g/liter mark is most appropriate for this thread. Will be interesting to see how high people go.

cheers

 

[Greg Lawrence]

I wonder how long before Doc finds this thread?

 

[Tony]

i was thinking the same thing.

I have heard a rumour that doc is the reason for the recent hop shortage!

 

[white.grant]

Anticipated IBU: 140.0

I've got chills.

 

[Duff]

610g in 30 liters.

Pffft, 665gms in 20L here.

Here's The Hoptomic Bomb. Scored pretty well at Bitter & Twisted last year. I changed my calcs to Tinseth after I brewed this as I wasn't happy enough with the taste (true story). When I originally brewed The Bomb, it was over 500IBU. It's in the forums somewhere.


07-07 The Hoptomic Bomb

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 20.00
Total Grain (kg): 7.00
Anticipated OG: 1.083 Plato: 20.06
Anticipated SRM: 9.0
Anticipated IBU: 448.1
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
85.7 6.00 kg. Bairds Marris Otter England 1.038 3
7.1 0.50 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 28
7.1 0.50 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 2

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
85.00 g. Magnum Pellet 13.50 116.7 60 min.
80.00 g. Warrior Pellet 15.10 122.8 60 min.
100.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 61.0 20 min.
100.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 68.3 20 min.
75.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 27.4 10 min.
75.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 30.7 10 min.
50.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 10.0 5 min.
50.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 11.2 5 min.
50.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 0.0 Dry Hop


Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale

 

[warra48]

610 grams, wow, even if it was for a 30 litre batch.
I like to think I like hops as much as the next brewer, but I'm not sure my budget would stretch to cover the cost of that quantity of hops, at todays costs somewhere around $50 upwards, but I do admire your determination and style.

PS. I make DK's recipe 472 gr. Obviously a wimp when it comes to adding hops...........

 

[3GumsBrewing]

PS. I make DK's recipe 472 gr. Obviously a wimp when it comes to adding hops...........

I value my taste buds too much to add any more!
:lol:

 

[newguy]

630g in ~42l. It was an imperial IPA. According to SUDS (which I use), it was 101 IBU but my friend's s/w (can't remember what he uses) calc'd it as something like 220. Apparently SUDS takes saturation/solubility limit into account.

 

[Doc]

1.1kg in a 23 litre batch.
It was my Infinity + 1 brew a year or two ago.
100g of 11 different hops.
It was hoppy and awesome.

Doc

 

[Dave86]

Imperial IPA 352g in 19L, 18.52 g/L. 150g of chinook added in the last 20 minutes :lol:

 

[matti]

We are hopping mad, right?
It is surely addictive as its cousin....?

I cannot compete with some of you guys, but about 120g ish for a 23 litre batch last year Hoppy Bunny ale.
i cannot remember exactly what hops went in as I chucked in every hop left in the cupboard as it was spring clean and the hops were about 6 months old
(Those were the days before I froze my hops)
So expect the Ibu was around 50+

For APAs I use Cascade and Amarillo to about 45 IBUs thats enough for me. Dry hops with 2g/L in secondary.
For a milder version I put loads in at flame out.
I have also tried First wort hopping and it surely gives a really mellow bittering rather then puckering feel to the brew when you max out the IBUs for style.
Lately I've chucked in hops in to the no chill cube prior filling it up with 80 degrees plus wort.

I've yet to try mash hoppin as my funds doesn't allow for this.

 

[SJW]

1.1kg in a 23 litre batch.
It was my Infinity + 1 brew a year or two ago.
100g of 11 different hops.
It was hoppy and awesome.

Doc

I tasted this one and it was great. I am not sure we humans (and I say that loosley) can tell the diff between a 60 or 70 IBU brew to a 500 IBU brew. How much bitterness and hop flavour can a wort take up before its just a wastes of money though?

Steve

 

[Ross]

Pretty Close to Doc's brew, I did this one (1.083kg) - It was great from day 1 in the keg.
Used my entire range of USA Hops & weighed them out all individually.....Have you any idea how long it takes to do 361 x 3gm weighings...never again!!!


R+ IPA
Imperial IPA

Type: All Grain
Date: 27/12/2006
23L

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.30 kg Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 88.92 %
0.41 kg Medium (118.2 EBC) Grain 4.99 %
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 44.1 IBU
114.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (90 min) (Mash Hop) Hops 8.0 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (70 min) Hops 38.7 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (60 min) Hops 37.5 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (55 min) Hops 36.7 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (50 min) Hops 35.7 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (45 min) Hops 34.4 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (40 min) Hops 32.9 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (35 min) Hops 31.1 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (30 min) Hops 28.8 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (25 min) Hops 26.1 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (20 min) Hops 22.7 IBU
114.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (15 min) Hops 18.6 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (10 min) Hops 13.6 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80 %] (5 min) Hops 7.5 IBU
0.50 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (2.0 EBC) Sugar 6.09 %
2 Pkgs American Ale (Safale #056) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.083 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 9.30 %
Bitterness: 416.5 IBU Calories: 798 cal/l
Est Color: 18.9 EBC Color: Color


Cheers Ross

 

[SJW]

But did it taste any more bitter than a IPA at 60 IBU's Ross?