Wet Hop Ale

[vtchuck]

Planning on doing this in the next couple of days. Figuring 5 oz. of wet hops = 1 oz dry.

I'll be picking during the mash and boil. I'm assuming there will be less wort absorption than with whole dry hops. Should be interesting.

Mystery Harvest Ale
10-A American Pale Ale
Date: 8/22/11

Size: 5.5 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 185.32 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.056 (1.045 - 1.060)
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.015)
Color: 10.97 (5.0 - 14.0)
Alcohol: 5.48% (4.5% - 6.2%)
Bitterness: 44.7 (30.0 - 45.0)

Ingredients:
9.0 lb Pale Ale Malt
0.5 lb American Caramel 30°L
0.25 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
2.0 lb Vienna Malt
0.5 oz Columbus (14.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
2.5 oz Mystery Hop (wet leaf) (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 30.0 min
2.5 oz Mystery Hop (wet leaf) (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
2.5 oz Mystery Hop (wet leaf) (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 5.0 min
5.0 oz Mystery Hop (wet leaf) (8.9%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05

Notes
5 oz. Wet hops= 1 oz dry

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[zoebisch01]

Chuck, you aren't sure of the strain? Were they given to you?

[Milf Man]

It may be a good thing you added as much as you did. My Cascades, which typically have 6% AAU in commercial varieties we far less than that. I estimate them to be only 4 AAU at best.

Since you used yours for flavor and aroma, you should be ok.

Let us know how it turns out.

I just brewed an APA with 10 oz of my wet(ish) homegrown Cascades.

I cant wait to see how it turns out!

Cheers,

MILF Man

[vtchuck]

Chuck, you aren't sure of the strain? Were they given to you?


I know the parent plant is about 30 years old.... mine is 6.... I had a sample tested for IBU's, but so far no one has been able to positively ID them..

Based on age, we have eliminated a lot of varieties. So they are just Vermont Mystery hops