Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:23 pm
To make a good lambic or berliner weisse you do not need to use aged hops. Is it traditional for lambics? sure. Not for berliner weisse whatsoever though. For my lambics I use 8 year Mt. Hood pellets that my LHBS guy gave to me b/c he never sold them. Very generous of course... If I did not have those I would simply use the lowest AA% noble hop I could find. I would probably only use about 1 oz or so based on the original AA%.
Do you belong to any homebrew clubs? If so, I bet you could ask around and see if anyone has any old hops lying around you might be able to use. I bet you would find some from them in no time. Just avoid any high AA% hops and/or citrus american varieties.
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