First Wort Hops

[evanvine]

Apart from seriously preventing "boil over", can somebody educate this dumbo about the real advantages of FWH. :wha:

 

[bolty]

I believe it is meant to give a smoother and more rounded bitterness... Also you extract more AA, due to the hops being in there longer (so more bang for your buck, or you can use less hops)!

 

[evanvine]

Thanks for that bolty, knew there had to be more to it than just preventing boil over!

Edit - spelling error, Knew has a "K"!

 

[Tony]

Just been reading up on it Jim, what bolty says is pretty much it.

Sounds like it's worth giving it a try - next brew being planned now!

 

[luckyeddie]

I did it for the first time in my last brew. It remains to be seen what effect it had on the taste (still in primary)

 

[evanvine]

Ok, FWH is a good thing, but how many?
As a sheer blind guess for 90g I did 30 FWH, 40 90mins and 20 last 15.
What say you?

 

[Aleman]

There is a lot more to FWH than just rounded bitterness . . . Talk to me tonight / tomorrow, and I'll bore you silly.

Incidentally you loose around 5% of the bittering power of the hops.

As for quantity . . . move the aroma addition to first wort . . . while you run off your wort.

 

[evanvine]

Look forward to meeting you Tony!
Never found what you have to say boring, a little in depth maybe.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

When you mention FWH ..... :hmm:
Is it to put the hops in the boiler before the the wort ?
Or to get the wort boiling then add the hops?

BB :hmm:

 

[Aleman]

When you mention FWH ..... :hmm:
Is it to put the hops in the boiler before the the wort ?

That is correct, the hops go in the boiler, and then the sweet wort from the mash tun is run onto them. The extended soak at mashing temps 'fixes' the aroma in the wort , and produces a rounder softer bitterness.
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Plus the hop oils added help prevent a massive foamy boil over, as the wort Coppers Up

 

[MikeB]

I've never thought of doing this... what a great idea! I'm brewing an Amarillo/Cascade IPA tonight, so I'll give it a go.

Cheers :

 

[Aleman]

I'll be honest and say that I don't think it does much for aroma, but the bitterness/flavour is certainly more refined.

 

[graysalchemy]

I will give that a go on my next bitter.