Date: 13 Jul 2006 00:47:34
From: Adam Preble
Subject: Should aged pellet hops turn yellow?
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For my plambic I started a few weeks ago, I had aged hop pellets by
alternately baking them and setting them outside. All in all, I would
say I got over 24 hours on the warm setting in the oven and about 5 days
of exposure. By the end, they smelled extremely cheesy unless I shoved
my nose right up to them.
I had ground 6 ounces of hops: 4 oz Spalt and 2 oz Sterling (as it's
what I had around to ruin). The mix was blended into 15 gallons of
beer. I used a coffee grinder for it. I'd occasionally turn the whole
mix around and around. There was a definate change during aging, but
they certainly hadn't turned yellow. If anything, they had paled a bit.
I ask this now because the aroma reminds me of a Belgian Wit I
accidentally made way too bitter. This beer was boiling for awhile with
those hops at the start of the boil. I'm I've introduced hoppiness to a
beer that shouldn't have it.
That being said, I wouldn't consider I ruined it. At full strength (5%
AA), that many hops would have given me roughly 40 IBUs. This is higher
than I normally drink, but not Arrogant Bastard. On top of that, the
beer will age considerably as a matter of course so this bitterness
should mellow before I even start blending it.
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