Greetings,
Getting ready for my second BIAB all grain beer. Its been over a year since my last very successful attempt using the Amarillo recipe recommended here for noobs. My friend grew cascade hops ithis summer and then desiccated them... I have a few bags full.
The question is how would I prepare them and could I use them to add as aroma hops in the amarillo recipe?
Thanks...If more information needed let me know.
Re: Amarillo pale ale how to substitute cascade hops
Post #2 made 6 years ago
Hi Ninkas,
Yes you can...but I would be certain you've properly cared for your hops before using them in beer.
For Example: I always will a) dry the hops, then b) measure out 1 ounce / 28g packages. Maybe some larger, and use a vacuum sealer. And c) put in the freezer. There are other ideas that might be similar to this, but you would not want to leave them out in open air or not in the freezer.
Provided you've properly cared for them, then you will have to make an AA estimate. With Cascade, just depends... Probably would guess around 5% or so. And if you only use them for flavor and not bittering you can minimize the impact of having hops you don't know proper Alpha Acid number. Or use them in bittering too (I have) but you will have more variability on how bitter the hops are.
Hope this helps. It's all I can help without more info.
Yes you can...but I would be certain you've properly cared for your hops before using them in beer.
For Example: I always will a) dry the hops, then b) measure out 1 ounce / 28g packages. Maybe some larger, and use a vacuum sealer. And c) put in the freezer. There are other ideas that might be similar to this, but you would not want to leave them out in open air or not in the freezer.
Provided you've properly cared for them, then you will have to make an AA estimate. With Cascade, just depends... Probably would guess around 5% or so. And if you only use them for flavor and not bittering you can minimize the impact of having hops you don't know proper Alpha Acid number. Or use them in bittering too (I have) but you will have more variability on how bitter the hops are.
Hope this helps. It's all I can help without more info.
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Re: Amarillo pale ale how to substitute cascade hops
Post #3 made 6 years ago
Thanks for the reply. The hops were just desiccated and put in a ziplock. Next time I will divide vacuum seal and freeze. I think I'll just use them for aroma since it changes the recipe less and causes less chance of a conversion error.
I think I'm just going to do a straight up weight substitution for the 20 and 5 min hop additions as called for in the recipe.
I think I'm just going to do a straight up weight substitution for the 20 and 5 min hop additions as called for in the recipe.
Re: Amarillo pale ale how to substitute cascade hops
Post #4 made 6 years ago
Okay. If oxidized and slightly cheesy smelling I would recommend throwing away.
If using now should use soon. And estimate you’ve lost more AA because of improper storage. Best of luck to you and let us know how it goes.
If using now should use soon. And estimate you’ve lost more AA because of improper storage. Best of luck to you and let us know how it goes.
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Re: Amarillo pale ale how to substitute cascade hops
Post #5 made 6 years ago
Just an update. I ended up substituting based on equivalents weights...because I didn't bother to learn the AA conversion. Anyway it worked out fine...albeit a bit more mellow then I would have hoped.
