Most hops ever used?

[foxy]

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I think the only thing stopping me from dropping 25 quids worth of hops into a single brew is that so many people say the flavours fade quickly in bottles and after a month or so your hop bomb isn't any more.

About 3 weeks according to a study done by Oregon University.

 

[Sadfield]

About 3 weeks according to a study done by Oregon University.

What was the carbonation and bottling method? Was it bottled conditioned? Were the bottles flushed with Co2?

I also wouldn't use 500g of hops unless I'd force carbonated and eliminated oxygen pickup in bottling.

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[Beersort]

Recently, 315g in a NE IPA. 23 litre batch.

 

[Leon103]

Sorry just counted and my NEIPA had 325g not 300g.

 

[simon12]

I made a 1bbl batch for the Redhill beer festival last year with 16.5g per litre, I was going to add the same again to a dry hop but due to selling the brewery had to cask it early and to soon to dry hop in cask.

 

[stigman]

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I think the only thing stopping me from dropping 25 quids worth of hops into a single brew is that so many people say the flavours fade quickly in bottles and after a month or so your hop bomb isn't any more.

Actually more like 30 quid on hops plus grain still only a pound a pint. I can live with that still better than paying £5 for a can of cloudwater dipa.
On the subject of hops fading fast. I'll just have to drink it all fast then. At least that's why at I'll be able to tell SWMBO.

 

[pms67]

Your right,Ive been thinking about that as well, I should make the best beer I can afford for once and it will still be cheaper than buying a decent beer. £40 for 40 pints of a belter of a beer rather than £2.50 for a bottle of Mosaic Pale Ale from M&S

 

[HopHead420]

I put 600g in the 23l Double NEIPA I just kegged the other day, 200g in at flameout, 400g total dry hop, 3:2:1 ratio of Galaxy:Citra:Columbus... It is pretty great, ended up kegging 17l of beer after the losses, I have no regrets.

I buy my hops in bulk, so this ended up being £18 of hops... Another £7 or so in grains... So less than 80p a pint, which ain't bad considering what Cloudwater sell their cans for! Plus, this will not be drunk in pints...

 

[Cwrw666]

Reading some of the replies to this I'm clearly not trying hard enough!


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I wouldn't worry about it - although I quite enjoy a hoppy IPA I've just finished drinking a honey ale (Greg Hughes recipe) that was really very nice, much better than any commercial honey ale I've ever had - and it had a grand total of 15g of hops in 23L.
Which would have made it a really cheap brew except that the honey cost six quid...

 

[Brewdoug]

Just done first dry hop during fermentation in my NEIPA, that's 285g total so far. One more dry hop to go will take it up to around 400g.
Mainly Citra and Mosaic with additional Amarillo just in dry hop. Can't decide whether to use more Amarillo in 2nd dry hop or something with a little different character but don't want to mess it up at this stage. Will probably stick with current hops and decide if it needs something different in version 2.

 

[Honk]

The most hops in a single brew is 312g in a 20L batch that I have in the FV at the moment. The interesting thing is that it isn't an American hop monster, but loosely based on 1868 Tetley EIPA with 252g of bag end hops at the start of the boil and 60g dry hops. This is currently being aged with Brett C and Oak, and will be bottled for Xmas at 8 months old, so will (hopefully) not be as bitter as expected.

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@Sadfield how did this turn out? I've just ordered ordered ingredients for 1868 Tetley East India pale ale from from Ron Pattisons book, I'm planning on adding some oak chips but not Brett. Will be getting sampled at an event in just 4 months time but the majority may well get aged longer.

 

[MrRook]

I don't remember the exact amount, but on paper I had close to 200 IBUs in a 1.075 IPA.

 

[BeerCat]

Tried 600g and the beer was terrible, probably my fault though. I have found keg hopping to be the best hit so far and really worth doing if you have not. Even small amounts are very effective.

 

[MrRook]

Tried 600g and the beer was terrible, probably my fault though. I have found keg hopping to be the best hit so far and really worth doing if you have not. Even small amounts are very effective.

What was the size of the batch? How long did it go before you tried it?
The one I got close to 200 IBUs was undrinkable at first; after 9 months in secondary it was pretty good.

 

[Sadfield]

@Sadfield how did this turn out? I've just ordered ordered ingredients for 1868 Tetley East India pale ale from from Ron Pattisons book, I'm planning on adding some oak chips but not Brett. Will be getting sampled at an event in just 4 months time but the majority may well get aged longer.

Nice but still quite bitter, although it was considerably more IBUs than the base recipe due to the random selection of hops used. I've since redone it with first gold hops and chevalier malt, which gives a fuller, sweeter body for the hops and more balanced beer. Well worth trying.

I'm pretty sure I've had that Tetley IPA brewed by someone else at a homebrew club and it was really nice.

 

[foxbat]

I don't remember the exact amount, but on paper I had close to 200 IBUs in a 1.075 IPA.

was it drinkable?

 

[BeerCat]

What was the size of the batch? How long did it go before you tried it?
The one I got close to 200 IBUs was undrinkable at first; after 9 months in secondary it was pretty good.

I think it was 23l. Most was dry hop with no bittering if I remember. I just dropped 100g into a keg and it's still extremely bitter. Have to leave it until the particles drop. It was very tasty until I did that now I will have to wait.

 

[MrRook]

was it drinkable?

After nine months in secondary it was pretty good.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Worth noting that the Shellhammer lab suggest that the optimum for Cascade is 4-8g/l - there's no gain for adding more but you do start to introduce undesirable flavours - but that figure may vary for other varieties.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jib.517

Cloudwater routinely add 24g/l to eg their DIPAs (compared to ~8g/l in the early DIPAs), and did a 48g/l collaboration with Other Half - but they are eg using centrifugation to clean up the beers afterwards.

 

[GerritT]

15 grams/liter for a IIPA, @90IBU and 9%. Now in the shed, already carbed but needs another week or so before I get a taste.