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  • 1.  Best Option for Post Whirlpool Hopping

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    Posted 08-02-2024 14:59
    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

    Hi Brewmasters,

    What is your opinion on the best option for Late Hopping?

    For example,

    • Pellets to the Whirlpool
    • Whole cones in a Hop Back post Whirlpool
    • Pellets in a device like the 'Banke Flavorite Pellet' post Whirlpool

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Best Option for Post Whirlpool Hopping

    Posted 08-05-2024 14:02

    I've found good success with pellets in the whirlpool.  Haven't had a hop back to use, but I've heard it's also a good option.  Lower temp whirlpools can help keep some of those oils intact for hazy IPAs and keeps BUs down a bit.

    There are liquid flowable hop products out there designed for whirlpool and cold side use.  YCH Dyna-Boost and YCH Hyper-Boost, Haas Incognito and Spectrum and Salvo from Hopsteiner.  I'm sure I'm missing a bunch. Hope that helps.



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    Jaron Shepherd
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    Free Roam Brewing Company
    San Antonio TX
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  • 3.  RE: Best Option for Post Whirlpool Hopping

    Posted 08-05-2024 14:44

    I'd quote a colleague of mine and say...it depends. There is a lot to be determined here, assuming this is an outcomes based question - what is your objective? Different hop products, whether pellets, whole cones, or extracts will each have different answers to the question, and what works best will alter with the objective. Just a few of the things to consider, which may narrow the focus of what is sure to be a lively discussion are:

    • What style of beer are you brewing.
    • Are you looking for any/some/abundant bitterness
    • Are you looking primarily for flavor or aroma, and of what sort?
      • Green hop bite from vegetative matter
      • Aromas from more heat tolerant vs less heat tolerant oil fractions
    • Is efficiency - i.e. yield an objective?
    • Is uncomplicating the process an objective, resulting in simpler and faster processes?
    • Will the beer have dry-hop additions as well?

    As I said, this is only a sampling, but I think you need to look at narrowing the focus a bit if you want the most productive productive information for your application.

    Looking forward to hearing the responses. This is a topic that engenders many opinions and also highlights the advances in hop products over the last few years.



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    Hopsteiner
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  • 4.  RE: Best Option for Post Whirlpool Hopping

    Posted 08-05-2024 15:17
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    Anonymous,

    Opinions are like brains; we all have them and they are full of all sorts of ideas!  One hopping method that hasn't gotten as much attention as it may deserve is Dip Hopping.  Yuri Tsuchiya, Taku Ota, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Osamu Kobayashi and Hironori Inadome of Kirin Brewing presented the attached poster presentation at the 2018 Brewing Summit in sunny San Diego.  Gigantic and Arbiter Brewing are two US brewers who have happily posted about beers brewed using this method who could provide their experience with it.  Dip Hopping is very simple to do and produces interesting results to the hop profile, both from sensory and analytical perspectives.

    BTW, this poster is an example of the great sharing that will be happening in 2 weeks at the WBC in Minneapolis!

    Cheers! Ashton



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    Manager of Training and Technical Support
    BSG Craftbrewing
    MBAA District Great Plains, Technical Chair
    Springfield, Missouri
    (417) 830-2337
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