Hop tea bad idea?

[froidy]

Hi guys, today I brewed a Coopers Real Ale with 1kg DME, 200g Dextrose, Safale S-04 yeast. I bought 25g of Fuggles hop pellets to see if I could give the kit a bit more flavoring. Not sure if I've stuffed up or not, I decided to make a simple hop tea by bringing 2ltr water to the boil and chucked my hops in (using a hop bag) for 7 mins then added to FV. I have now read that some people think hop tea tastes foul when made with water instead of wort or sugar. Is this the case? Also would I be better off dry hopping? My brew was looking pretty green by the end of it.....bit worried about how it will turn out! O.G was 1.048

 

[Duxuk]

Hop tes has always seemed to work OK for me. You could try using more of the water you would add to the kit to try to get a better extraction of hop flavour. I just sieve out with a sterilised colinder. I'm becoming a fan of late hopping to give a fresher hop flavour. Try steeping 10-20g in just off the boil water for 20 minutes, then seive it into your kit, which you do not need to boil.

 

[Stihler]

I've used hop teas before when I have overshot the gravity I was going for and needed to adjust the balance the beer a bit.

Adding hop tea has never been a problem.

I say go for it!

If you boil the hops for perhaps an hour you may find the water tinged red. Apparently hops add a bit of color to the beer as well as bitterness etc.

- Scott