Adding hops to already brewed beer?

[Bashley]

Hi All

Maybe a silly question, I have a few bottles of Fischer to get through and was wondering if I could somehow give them a little hop kick as I don't really like lager. I was thinking that I could just open one and add an amarillo hop pellet and re-seal the bottle for an hour or so. I don't know, maybe there's a better way of doing it? Some kind of hop tincture? :)

 

[terrym]

You will need a tea strainer when you pour.
Otherwise you can get hop oil as example here
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product-category/ingredients/hop-aroma-oil/

 

[Drunkula]

Yeah, you make up a little hop tea with water at 60 or so degrees and then add the liquid to the beer with a syringe or something - you can make it in a cafetiere and use that to strain it, or a little bag.

I've done it. Some hops give an impression of what they're like if you used them in the normal way, others really don't and are just bitter or straight out grim. I remember galaxy and columbus working well.

There's a few articles out there on it somewhere and I'll edit this if I find it. Can't tell you the water ratio, you'll just have to guess. In the coffee press I also just used a little bit of boiling water to break down the pellets, then added the beer to it and let it sit for a while before gently plunging to keep as much carbonation as I could.

 

[Fil]

chase down hipster tea n coffee suppliers for diy drawstring empty tea/coffee bags
and make your own 'craft' hop bags

 

[Bashley]

Thanks guys!

 

[Brewberoza]

Beware oxygen pickup as the beer is most likely filtered and will have no yeast to mop it up.

Tried a Fischer once because someone I knew swore by them. Told him I tried one and it was so so. He said if I only had one I wasn't really trying. So another night I had a few and actually not bad stuff at all!
So that is my advice, drink it and save your amarillo for APA!

 

[Ghillie]

Hi @Bashley,

I intend to try something similar myself because not only am I new to AG brewing, but fairly new to ales in general. Doing something like this should teach me what individual hops taste like, and therefore and I tailor my recipes/combos to my liking :)

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2013/03/dry-hopped-bud-light.html

 

[Drunkula]

this should teach me what individual hops taste like

Don't be put off if they taste horrible. Sometimes the impression they give doing a steep is that they're yuk-town but when you dry hop or kettle them they're great.

And that's an awesome article you linked to.

 

[Ghillie]

Don't be put off if they taste horrible. Sometimes the impression they give doing a steep is that they're yuk-town but when you dry hop or kettle them they're great.

And that's an awesome article you linked to.

I really should get round to it trying it soon.

Yeah thanks man, it's a cool article and a good find :)