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Female flower cones from the Humulus lupulus plant. Used for their flavor, aroma, and bittering qualities. Hops may also contribute a preservative/anti-microbial properties to beer.

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How to dry harvested fresh hops?

This question is a direct consequence of the When to harvest wild hops? one. I have heard about various techniques to do it: sun-drying, warm rooms plus paper bags to capture their humidity, ovens etc. What's your suggestion? If you suggest an oven,…
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How much hops to use when reducing a batch size?

I want to brew a 2.5 gallon batch of beer based on a West Coast IPA recipe for a standard 5 gallon batch. Is there a calculation for scaling back the amount of hops used for bittering, aroma and dry-hopping? I assume one doesn't add the same…
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Hops in the compost?

Are there any gardeners out there who use their spent hops in their compost? I know hops are antibacterial, which goes against the goal of getting a good population of composting bacteria, but I don't know how specific the effects are, especially…
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Are there any Indian Hop variety out there?

I've heard that in the Himalayas a lot of hop varieties are grown. Is there a company(s) which produce and market hops in India?
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How to prepare Hop Tea?

How does one make a "Hop Tea" for taste testing? I am trying to get a better understanding of different hop flavor profiles. I have heard of making hop teas to do taste tests but I wonder if it's easy as it sounds (hot water+ hops-steep). Has anyone…
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Picking hops very late

I had a bunch of hops growing about 3 hours away from me (at parent's house, which has much more land). I went up one weekend, and they looked almost ready, then I went up a month later and they were very overly ready. They were mostly brown, and…
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Drying freshly picked hops

My buddy works at a community garden, and they have a fence full of Cascade ready for the picking. He estimates a few pounds of hops are on the fence. What has to happen between him picking them off the vine, and me putting them into my boil? How do…
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What are the practical differences between leaf hops and hop pellets?

I'm looking to start purchasing hops in bulk, and there are more options than I thought for getting leaf hops. I've heard (read in this forum) that leaf hops can be better for dry hopping, and also that they are not as good for dry hopping due to…
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Ways to better utilize hops with a coffeepress?

I am thinking about trying to utilize the hops I use better by combining late addition and early addition via a coffeepress. The basic idea is to make a hops-tea in the coffeepress, let it sit for maybe 5 minutes, then press the hops down and pour…
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Riwaka Hops: Where to get 'em

Anyone know where to obtain some Riwaka hops in bulk? I'm itching to try them, but internet searches are coming up dry for me.
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What flavors can I expect with a late/whirlpool addition of Columbus hops?

Columbus is such a high-alpha variety that I find I can only use very little of it for bittering. I have a pound of these things and I would eventually like to get through them. Has anyone used Columbus as a flavor or aroma hop? What can I…
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Hop blend for NEIPA

Will try brewing NEIPA for the first time. The the grain bill is very simple. Volume 5.5 gallons. 6 kg. Maris Otter 1 kg. Rolled oats 2 packs of Safale S-04 Hops available: 60 g. Cascade 60 g. Mosaic 50 g. Ahtanum 50 g. Simcoe 150 g.…
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Is it Fuggle or Fuggles?

This is maybe a silly question, but when you look around on the internet you see recipes mentioning Fuggle hops or Fuggles hops. I suppose there is only one "correct" spelling, so is it Fuggle or Fuggles?
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How to approach unknown hops?

I will have about 1kg of wild hops, gathered last week and frozen. It's wild, but probably it's genotype contains Lubelski (closely related to Saaz), Marynka (bittering hop), and who knows what else. I want to use it. I will use it. But I wonder -…
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Where can I find some Nelson Sauvin hops?

I've been hearing about Nelson Sauvin hops for awhile now, and have read in other forums about people procuring some and using them... but I haven't been able to find them anywhere. All my usual suspects don't stock them. Anyone know where I can…
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