Whirlpool/hopstand vs dryhop

[Larse]

I like it when people find my beer too bitter/hazy/strong or anything else.

More for you?

 

[The Baron]

It would be much lower at 80c, having not being boiled for 10 minutes also.

Ps DD2 I whirlpool ipa's @75c with usually about 150g and upto 50g in dry hop and that hits my bitterness limit and certainly her indoors who is seems to detect bitterness more than me

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Hi Hazlewood I adjust my recipes for IBU's and perceived bitterness but 300g of most IPA style hops would be too bitter for me, 200g is my max in total

Yes, I think it would unless you took your hopstand down to 70C or even a little lower - but you can get nice flavours from some lower AA hops. Also, you would skip the addition of any bittering hops and just rely on bitterness from the hopstand.

You can also make the beer strong where you need extra bitterness to balance the flavour, aim for about 8%.

 

[The Baron]

Never use bittering hops H even in a bitter I use the hops in the recipes to give me the bittering

 

[MashBag]

Dried hops won't "smell odd or anything" as they age. Think of them like a herb. They will lose some of their nice aroma/flavour as they get old (freezing/removing oxygen drastically helps this) but they won't "go off".

You clearly haven't kept them long enough. Perhaps not "off" but they defo get a "cheese" pong.

 

[Donegal john]

Just kegged a basic pale ale and added 10ml of this to the keg. Smells lovely

 

[MashBag]

I have been thinking about trying them. I will give them a go.