Accidentally bought leaf hops

[MickDundee]

I used Malt Miller for the first time this week (because they don’t have extortionate postage costs for small orders). I was very inpressed with the service, everything came within 24 hours of ordering.

However, I accidentally ordered leaf hops instead of pellet. I’ve never used leaf hops before - is there anything I need to know or be aware of?

 

[BeerisGOD]

Bump me neither be nice to know

And cheers for letting us know postage is reasonable on smaller items
Comes in.handy for future brews

 

[brewhaha]

Cons - slightly lower utilisation (can't remember exact figure but Beersmith or equivalent will calculate) & slightly more wort lost to absorption.

Pros - lovely leaf filter bed to strain out all the break material when transferring to FV.

Cons are all fixed by upping quantities of hops & water that can all be calculated with a recipe builder. I like leaf for the boil but pellets for dry hopping as I have had grassiness from leaf dry hopping before (completely anecdotal of course!).

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[MickDundee]

Cons - slightly lower utilisation (can't remember exact figure but Beersmith or equivalent will calculate) & slightly more wort lost to absorption.

Pros - lovely leaf filter bed to strain out all the break material when transferring to FV.

Cons are all fixed by upping quantities of hops & water that can all be calculated with a recipe builder. I like leaf for the boil but pellets for dry hopping as I have had grassiness from leaf dry hopping before (completely anecdotal of course!).

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Thanks. The leaf were 14.7AA and the pellets 11 so I was able to adjust Brewers Friend fairly easily.

 

[MickDundee]

And cheers for letting us know postage is reasonable on smaller items
Comes in.handy for future brews

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised. They weren’t as cheap as CML, but I won the Inkbird competition so wanted to do a saison to program the fermentation temperature increases and I’ve heard the CML saison yeast is ****.

 

[Clint]

They will be dreadful...send them to me!

 

[AdeDunn]

I personally prefer whole hops for the boil, not only do they form a nice filter bed for your wort when it comes to transfer time, but I prefer the flavour I get from them. As an example, I've used Mosaic pellets before and now mosaic whole hops, the whole hops actually have a hint of herbal in the flavour they imparted that wasn't present in the pellets, and it's delicious!

I often use Maltmiller too, especially for smaller orders as they have the £3 Royal Mail option...

Out of curiosity, what Saison yeast did you end up getting? I find that although Belle Saison sticks to the bottle better, I keep going back to M29! It gives off tons of flavour if you ferment at 25-26 degrees C after the first 3 days, you don't get as much fermented lower.

 

[MickDundee]

Out of curiosity, what Saison yeast did you end up getting? I find that although Belle Saison sticks to the bottle better, I keep going back to M29! It gives off tons of flavour if you ferment at 25-26 degrees C after the first 3 days, you don't get as much fermented lower.

I went for M29, partly because it was cheaper than the Belle Saison and partly because I’m a big fan of all the other MJ yeasts.

It’s the first time I’ve ever made a saison.

 

[AdeDunn]

I love making Saison, you can just do so much with them, and don't have to worry about keeping it cool whilst fermenting.