gwk453 wrote:You need to define wet and fresh.
Wet are off the bine, into the boil.
Fresh are this years crop dried and processed
If wet go 5 times the weight when compared to pellets
If fresh go 2-3 times the weight when compared to pellets
Your second batch you can adjust for fresh hop IBU to your taste
If you are off what is wrong with either an IPA or a PA?
It is a win-win brew!
Enjoy your wedding.....Have you thought of a brewing honeymoon?
gwk is right on, but to reiterate what he said for clarity:
if wet, use 5 oz of the wet hop for every oz in the original recipe.
if fresh, use 2 to 3 oz of the fresh hop for every oz in the original recipe.
As also was alluded, you have no idea of the actual alpha acid levels.
Water weight is the largest component of wet hops -- approx. 80% hence
the 5:1 ratio. Therefore, it is best to assume they are on the lower end
of their alpha scale and also assume you can't dry them out as quite as
well as the pros can, so you fudge it to 2 to 3 times as much by weight.
Once you brew with them, you can tweak the amounts to dial in from there.
HTH-