Marsie
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Has anyone used hop oil? I've seen it on a couple of sites, but is it worth trying? Ta!
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I want o try it so, if you get there before me, please let us know. :grin:
I've tried cherry extract and 1 bottle in 25 litres wasn't cherry enough for me which means ã16 of extract needed next time :-(
Were talking hop extract here its a totally different animal than cherry flavouring?
I'd look into a different cherry extract. I made a plum porter with plum extract from a company called Uncle Roy's Comestible Concoctions. I used 100 drops in 22L at bottling which was a tiny fraction of a bottle and this was almost too plumy.
I've just checked and unfortunately they don't do a cherry extract which seems crazy as the do have cheese, chilli, coconut and just about anything else you can imagine. Just not cherry.
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I'd look into a different cherry extract. I made a plum porter with plum extract from a company called Uncle Roy's Comestible Concoctions. I used 100 drops in 22L at bottling which was a tiny fraction of a bottle and this was almost too plumy.
I've just checked and unfortunately they don't do a cherry extract which seems crazy as the do have cheese, chilli, coconut and just about anything else you can imagine. Just not cherry.
Do you have a url please? Would like to try some coconut extract in a few beers. Would be funny to add some cheese to a beer and give them away to mates. :thumb:
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I used it twice and one beer was under hopped and the other over by a lot. And i am a hop lover. I took a taste of some and was revolting, took forever for the taste to go. I would like to try the aroma oils though but for bittering i will stick to leaf/pellets.
Anyone who wants to add an extract flavour to a beer should just make their own. :thumb:
Vodka is a great solvent and over the years I have made extracts from limes, lemons and oranges (using just the zest), chillies, prunes and apricots (using whole dried fruits) by the simple process of putting the ingredients into a Kilner Jar, filling the jar up with a cheap vodka, sealing down the lid and then putting it on a shelf for a year.
The lime, lemon and orange flavoured vodka makes a great long drink with lemonade in the summer.
The chilli vodka (served neat from the freezer) makes a great nip for a cold winter's afternoon.
The prunes and apricots (and the juice) make a great desert with ice-cream or a great addition to breakfast porridge; but make sure that you aren't driving after eating them!
I can't see any reason why vodka wouldn't extract the flavours from cheese, cherries, desiccated coconut, hops etc so it must be worth a try. :thumb:
Vodka is a great solvent and over the years I have made extracts from limes, lemons and oranges (using just the zest), chillies, prunes and apricots (using whole dried fruits) by the simple process of putting the ingredients into a Kilner Jar, filling the jar up with a cheap vodka, sealing down the lid and then putting it on a shelf for a year.
The lime, lemon and orange flavoured vodka makes a great long drink with lemonade in the summer.
The chilli vodka (served neat from the freezer) makes a great nip for a cold winter's afternoon.
The prunes and apricots (and the juice) make a great desert with ice-cream or a great addition to breakfast porridge; but make sure that you aren't driving after eating them!
I can't see any reason why vodka wouldn't extract the flavours from cheese, cherries, desiccated coconut, hops etc so it must be worth a try. :thumb:
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Talk about taking over a thread
Here they are. The plum was very intense. I've used the lemon in cooking and it hasn't been as powerful but it was baked in a cake so a bit harder to judge.
I'm planning on using the blackberry extract (along with some real blackberries) for a Belgian Blackberry IPA.
I think the chocolate might be good in a stout.
EDIT: I've just noticed that they do have a cherry essence. It is down as 'black cherry' rather than cherry, so I didn't spot it.
I also noticed that the ones labelled extract use oil as a carrier so might not be good for foam stability. The essences which are most of them use ethanol and glycol.
I would be interested to know others opinions myself, but to be hoenst I would generally use hops myself..
what would you use it for?? in lieu of say a dry hop?
They look expensive to me so they would have to be very good to replace ordinary hop schedules
Yes Leon I thought this was a question about hop oil not cheese beer ???:nono:
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I tasted beer made purely with hop oil from a micro brewery. It was ****. Not sure why you wouldn't just use hops.
Do these oils say what particular hop they are extracted from, if not it could be anything.
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The trouble is you don't know the strength or from which hop(s) they used and then you have the dosing problem as well. Personally I would avoid unless you are hellbent on experimenting.
That may be, but the same company is doing hop oil extracts :hmm:
these concentrates could be good for extract brewers who arent confident with using whole hops or hop pellets? Or if your hopped beer lack a bit of punch you could top up the hoppyness by adding some to the bottling bucket quite easily?
Sod it! I'm still trying to help so here's a few other places where they advocate or look at using vodka to extract the essential oils from Hops:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=416153
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=147284
https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/hop-flavor-using-vodka.102827/
http://www.stempski.com/hop_vodka.php (this one if very much worth reading)
... and there's even one here about using Butane as a solvent ...
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=262990
... which is worth reading if only to avoid it like the plague! :lol:
Enjoy! :thumb:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=416153
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=147284
https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/hop-flavor-using-vodka.102827/
http://www.stempski.com/hop_vodka.php (this one if very much worth reading)
... and there's even one here about using Butane as a solvent ...
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=262990
... which is worth reading if only to avoid it like the plague! :lol:
Enjoy! :thumb:
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I've got some, citra and cascade as far as I recall. Now I tried them as an addition to an underhopped brew; and as an addition to a a pint.
Imho, and despite having said on earlier posts that they're OK, which they are; they're nowhere near the flavour or aroma you'd get from a cheap dry hop. I wouldn't buy them again to be fair.
Anyone wants mine and wants to PayPal me 2 quids for postage can give them a try. They've been in the fridge since I bought them.
Imho, and despite having said on earlier posts that they're OK, which they are; they're nowhere near the flavour or aroma you'd get from a cheap dry hop. I wouldn't buy them again to be fair.
Anyone wants mine and wants to PayPal me 2 quids for postage can give them a try. They've been in the fridge since I bought them.
