Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:27 pm
Just listened to the hop shortage show from 07 with Ralph from Hop Union. Just wondering if anyone has ever reused hops in their brewing. I'm thinking hops in a hopback or even just late addition hops could be saved and used as a bittering addition for the next brew. The closest I've come with this was using an ounce of Centennial as my 60 min addition that I'd previously made a tea from to use as the liquid portion of a spent grain bread I'd made (interestingly bitter, but aroma and flavor didn't come through in the bread). I figured that the steep I'd made for the bread still left a decent amount of alphas in the hops, so I though them in early, but the beer had an additional 8 ounces, so I don't know how much it contributed...
Spiderwrangler
PFC, Arachnid Deployment Division
In the cellar:
In the fermentor: Belgian Cider
In the works: Wooden Cider
