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Just harvested my first hops :)

Post #1 made 14 years ago
by hashie
I picked the first of my hops this morning and decided to make a Brown Ale with them.


I picked 32 grams of Mt Hood and the recipe is as follows;

First Harvest Brown Ale
Northern English Brown Ale


Type: All Grain
Date: 1/25/2011
Batch Size: 27.00 L
Brewer: Gavin
Boil Size: 32.51 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Keggle
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.10 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (1.6 SRM) Grain 67.39 %
0.85 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (9.0 SRM) Grain 18.48 %
0.25 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (1.8 SRM) Grain 5.43 %
0.20 kg Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 4.35 %
0.10 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 2.17 %
0.10 kg Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (381.0 SRM) Grain 2.17 %
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.50 %] (60 min) Hops 18.5 IBU
32.00 gm Mt. Hood [6.00 %] (15 min) Hops 8.4 IBU
0.71 gm Salt (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.042 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.15 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 26.9 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 20.3 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: BIAB Total Grain Weight: 4.60 kg
Sparge Water: 0.00 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

BIAB Step Time Name Description Step Temp
30 min Heat Add 37.49 L of water and heat to 64.0 C over 30 min 64.0 C
90 min Mash Add 0.00 L of water at 64.0 C 64.0 C
10 min Heat Heat to 77.0 C over 10 min 77.0 C
20 min Mashout Add 0.00 L of water at 77.0 C 77.0 C
10 min Heat Heat to 100.0 C over 10 min 100.0 C
90 min Boil Add 0.00 L of water at 100.0 C 100.0 C



I hope she turns out well.
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Post #2 made 14 years ago
by wizard78
Looks good hashie, those hops look great, mine hops are only tiny still.
Can't wait to hear how this turns out.
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Post #3 made 14 years ago
by hashie
Thanks Wiz. These are the first to be ready. Going on what I picked today and what is left, I might end up with 500g or so.

Should get a good few beers out of that :)
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Post #4 made 14 years ago
by PistolPatch
Hashie, click on edit on your first post here and change the subject so as it changes the topic title. This is really interesting and I only clicked on this thread by chance - I never brew brown ales!

I also never even knew you or wiz were growing hops!

Would love to learn more on this so what about changing the topic to... "Have just harvested my first hops."

:yum: and good on you :peace:
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Post #6 made 14 years ago
by hashie
Around 4 years, but we moved house after the first in the middle of the growing season. That knocked them around a fair bit.
This year they are all taking off.

I have Mt Hood, Hallertau, Tettnang and Pride of Ringwood.
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Post #7 made 14 years ago
by CSchenk
Thats awesome. I really want to try growing hops, but i keep moving around so starting a patch is tough. Next you just need to grow your own malts and you will have control of the whole process.

Post #9 made 14 years ago
by shibolet
beautiful hops!
i am jealous. it's way to hot around here to grow hops.

question: do you get more (undesirable) vegetal flavor when brewing with wet hops ?
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Post #10 made 14 years ago
by hashie
I don't know if that's right Shib. it's 40°c here today and will be for the next 5 days. So long as they don't dry aout they'll grow.

As for the flavour I should be able to answer that in a couple of weeks.
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Post #11 made 14 years ago
by PistolPatch
Have you got any pics of your hops growing hashie? I love seeing these.

BTW, a mate of mine had an interesting set-up. He hoisted cables up to a tall tree for the vines to grow up. Looked very high, maybe 10 m. At harvest time, he was able to just lower the cables. Quite clever.
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Post #13 made 14 years ago
by Two If By Sea
Hops are a great plant to grow and they are fairly easy. I have mine on twine and an eye hook as far up a tree as I could go. I can lower the bines to harvest. These pictures come from our summer - your winter Hashie. These are 2 year bines. My plan is to move these and make an arbor over a patio someday.
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Post #14 made 14 years ago
by hashie
Here's a couple of pics of mine taken today. It was 38°c when I took them, you can see the wilt on the cucumber vines. Everything had a good drink this morning but the heat still knocks them around.
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Post #15 made 14 years ago
by hashie
I bottled and kegged this beer today. I ended up with 29 litres post boil at 1042 (85.6% efficiency).

The hydro sample tasted sensational. I'm no judge and my taste buds are pretty dull, so forgive the way I describe the beer.

My initial taste was all malt (disappointed) but then the hop bitterness came through and it was really well balanced. I was disappointed that there wasn't a big flavour hit from the fresh hops, but then the after taste, was not quite minty, not quite menthol but it was very refreshing. I'm guessing that is the fresh hops.

With 6 bottles now conditioning, I hope to have more in a couple of weeks :)
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Post #16 made 14 years ago
by PistolPatch
Thanks for the pics 2XC amd hashie. I love hop pics even though, as an apartment dweller, they make me a bit jealous :scratch: :P
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Post #17 made 14 years ago
by hashie
Well I just cracked my first bottle of this beer and all I can say is "what a ripper Beautiful, rich maltiness with subdued hoppiness.It has a nice chocolate nose with a touch of coffee.
In the mouth it is smooth and rich with a malt profile that lingers well after the beer is swallowed.
I think I nailed the IBU/SG at 0.652, it just feels right.

This recipe is a keeper, will definitely brew it again.
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Post #19 made 14 years ago
by 2trout
:thumbs: Jealous!!! Its snowing here :sad:
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Post #20 made 14 years ago
by hashie
Thanks fellas, I harvested what was left after making a couple of beers already and ended up with 850 grams of Mt Hood and a whopping 26 grams of POR of my first year plant :)

In hind sight a brown ale wasn't the best choice for highlighting fresh hops, but it was still great beer.
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