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Has anyone else ever used hibiscus in their beers with massive dry hopping? The combo is incredible, the aroma it creates is amazing the way the hibiscus blends with the hops. I recently split a batch and dry hopped half with Simcoe and the other half with Galaxy, I think the Simcoe is a little better.

In addition to the aroma you get from using Hibiscus with lots of dry hopping; the red color is beautiful too. Who ever gets me as their secret Santa is in for a treat folks.

Please share your thoughts and/or experiences using hibiscus and have a super day! YAY!

What form of hibiscus are you using? The dried powder?

spiderwrangler wrote:What form of hibiscus are you using? The dried powder?

Oh yea I should have mentioned that, dried flowers chief. I throw'em in at flame out.

What quantity of hibiscus are you using? Dogfish Head had a braggot that used hibiscus flowers, but I think I added way too much when I tried a homebrew version.

RoyalBrewing wrote:What quantity of hibiscus are you using? Dogfish Head had a braggot that used hibiscus flowers, but I think I added way too much when I tried a homebrew version.

I used 8oz in a 7 gallon batch. Any more would have been too much. Hey are you the RoyalBrewing from Reedly? If so I met you once at Bencomo's in Fresno, if not then howdy stranger

Oh never mind you're RoyalBrewing the guy I met at the LHBS is called Royal Brew. My mistake. But nice to know ya on here and junk.