'Seeds'? .. in my brew

[peteplus1]

Checked my Amarillo brews today and seem to have dozens if not more of tiny seed like particles in them. From the photo, ignore the whiteish foamy bits, inbetween there are little specks and these are they! Mostly on the surface but seem to be underneath too. Never had this before and I'm not sure they are going to go. . . Any ideas?

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[brumbrew]

Do they have any 'substance' to them? Not sure if right word.

Or do they just disappear when you touch them? Could just be co2 attatched to yeast.

 

[peteplus1]

Definitely is... I drew some off and put in a glass as you'll see. Certainly very seed like. Going to have to come out somehow. Any ideas?
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[Slid]

Since hops are essentially flowers, these are indeed seeds and after a while you will get used to seeing them, Nothing to worry about. Gravity will sort it out.

 

[Hoddy]

Looks like they could be hop seeds. Allegedly low quality hops have seeds in because it means the hops have gone past its best and has lower oil content.


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[peteplus1]

Since hops are essentially flowers, these are indeed seeds and after a while you will get used to seeing them, Nothing to worry about. Gravity will sort it out.

So give the brew longer in the fv then? Been 2 weeks almost so not in a rush to bottle just yet..

 

[Slid]

So give the brew longer in the fv then? Been 2 weeks almost so not in a rush to bottle just yet..

I really can't see any issue with getting a seed or two in the bottles, as they will probably not get into the glass and I have never heard of anyone being found with a hop plant growing inside them.

Interested in Hoddy's comment that the hops have been allowed to "run to seed" and will be past their best.

Nice one. I had not thought of that, but it is true of many vegetables as well.

 

[chuffer]

Looks like they could be hop seeds. Allegedly low quality hops have seeds in because it means the hops have gone past its best and has lower oil content.


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I suppose suppliers are loathe to remove them as it will mean the weight reduction will have to be made up with actual hops

 

[MyQul]

Did you use pellet of leaf hops? I pass my wort through a seive on it's way into the no-chill cube. Whenever I've used leaf hops I've noticed a some of those seed things caught in the seive

 

[peteplus1]

Leaf .
No chill cube?

 

[brumbrew]

Yea what is this no chill cube?

 

[MyQul]

Leaf .
No chill cube?

Whole hops rather than the pellets. Also known as hop cones

 

[MyQul]

Yea what is this no chill cube?

It's a cube...that I no-chill in :lol:


Actually it's not a cube. I use my old coopers FV and put cling film on the top. Instead of using a cooling coil I put my near boiling wort into my old coopers FV cover it with cling film and leave it for 24-48 hours to cool. Then pitch the yeast. Some people use a 'cube' which is basically a large plastic jerry can big enough to hold 23L of wort. You can buy them on ebay

 

[Simonh82]

It is quite usual for British hops to have seeds in but more unusual for American hops.

It isn't a case of them being lower quality necessarily, at least in the case of British hops. Just different farming practices.

In the US, they will make sure all the hop plants are females so no pollination occurs and no seeds. Over here I guess they leave a few males.

As there are seeds this may suggest a farm which missed a male plant or had a wide plant growing nearby. To the US market this might make the hops less sellable/cheaper, but there is nothing wrong with them.

I've never ended up with a seed in my beer. They either sink to the bottom, or get stuck in the bottling wand.

 

[peteplus1]

Maybe I'll bottle via a boiled bit of muslin cloth over the siphon stick thing (what's it called!?) If they sont go. There are so many I think theyd clog up the wand!