Hop Combo Link

HebridesRob said:

It's a good idea. Now I just need to get a disguise so no-one sees me buying Bud Light. :whistle:

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MyQul said:

Loving this idea Rob thanks for the link.

I usually regard hops just a a counter balance to the sweetness of the malt as I prefer malt forward beer. But I'm just about to start doing lots of 5L brews instead of just one 23L at a time. One of the reasons is so I can start experimenting with hop flavours and getting to know what they tastle like - an area sorely lacking in my brewing knowledge.

I was just going to make a series of lots of 5L SMaSH's but with this link it has given me the idea to do the following:

Make a 5L SMaSH, low ABV% about 3.5% and only bitter hop it to about 22IBU. Then follow the instructions in the link to open up a bottle after it's fermented and drop in some hops.

That way I don't have to buy beer - I never buy beer from the supermarket as I can make it so much more cheaply and tastes nicer. Plus I wont have to put on a disguise

Edit: Also it means I can try lots of different hops with one 5L brew as I get about 12 or so 330ml bottles out of each

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RobsHomebrew said:

No worries buddie. its such a simple idea isnt it and I like your take on the it. ill be doing this also eventually. problem is I cant afford to buy lots of different hopps. Now what would be great if someone somewhere sold small "taster" packs of different hopps??????? anybody do this

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MyQul said:

Fortunately for me, my LHBS will sell me stuff in any quantity I like so I can buy say 5g of hops

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GlentoranMark said:

Could you use normal hops instead of hop pellets to do this? I've 5 different types of hops and TBF I've no idea how they change the flavour.

Was brought here by MyQul's thread, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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