2011 Hop Harvest and Wet Hop Rye IPA Brew day

Thanks to my great volunteer hop pickers! You saved me so many hours of work. This is my first ever wet hop beer.

Few pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donosborn/sets/72157627529706065/

Brew Log entry:
http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/Beer_Log2011.htm#wet_hop

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Entertainment

Tags:

• homebrew
• hops
• ipa
• brewing
• growing

[drawdy10]

Don O! I brewed this recently and I just took my first draw off the keg and I must say.... What a recipe! It turned out great, my best beer yet so far! I obviously could not use fresh hops so i went with this hop schedule:

1oz Zeus 60 min

.5 Centennial .5 Cascade 20 min

.5 Centennial .5 Cascade 10 min

1oz Centennial 1oz Cascade Flameout/Whirlpool Chilling for 20 mins

1oz Zeus and 1oz Cascade Dry Hop

[donosborn]

@drawdy10 sweet report. that is cool. glad it came out well and something I made inspired you to try a recipe. I just got done brewing right now, a Czech Pils. later.

[bradh43085]

Ok how do you keep winter weather from killing off your hops ?

[donosborn]

@bradh43085 They are perennials. they die back in the fall, and new chutes grow up in the spring. I cut them down to the ground when harvesting. This is how commercial hop farms do it too. Cheers.

[onipar]

Nice video. I just subscribed; I found you through the BTV crew. Just wondering, what kind of IBU's did you get on that beer, or do you not know exactly because they were homegrown hops? Off to watch a few more of your vids, cheers!

[donosborn]

@onipar Cool. I was just at Chip's house last night. He moved and lives only blocks away now, ha. I have no idea on the IBU's. I racked this to secondary and it was not super bitter. It was not even as bitter as I might like but it tasted ok. I was not sure how much, if any, wet hop character I got from all those hops. Weird. And yeah, you can't know your IBU's unless you send beer to a lab to get it analyzed.

[pattyww]

Totally awesome! That boil must have smelled incredible.

[DevonHomeBrew]

Getting in the festive season they look like brussel sprouts hahahaa

[guysovereign]

@Missuzo Thanks for the information!

[Missuzo]

@guysovereign I have heard people say Cascade hops grow more easily than other kinds in a variety of climates, so those would be a good one to start with. good luck.

[guysovereign]

Great video. What strain of hops is the easiest to grow? I am will planting for the first time next spring and I am looking for the right hop strain to start with.