Hi all,
I've just done my first A.G. of 2011. All went very smoothly and it was good to be back in the 'brewing seat' again. In 2010 I did 7 A.G's and had been using hop pellets for some and leaf for the last couple. This first recipe of 2011 has a lot of leaf hops and they sucked up more of the wort than I had expected leaving me short.
To make the volume up, I squeezed the hops with the back of a spatula in the bottom of the boiler to ring out the hoppy juices.
Is this a good or bad thing to do. I've read about Tannins being released if you do this. Is this true? Do hops even have Tannins?
Anybody any ideas?
Many Thanks.
I've just done my first A.G. of 2011. All went very smoothly and it was good to be back in the 'brewing seat' again. In 2010 I did 7 A.G's and had been using hop pellets for some and leaf for the last couple. This first recipe of 2011 has a lot of leaf hops and they sucked up more of the wort than I had expected leaving me short.
To make the volume up, I squeezed the hops with the back of a spatula in the bottom of the boiler to ring out the hoppy juices.
Is this a good or bad thing to do. I've read about Tannins being released if you do this. Is this true? Do hops even have Tannins?
Anybody any ideas?
Many Thanks.
