Brewsmith
Home brewing moogerfooger
This will be in several post over a few weeks since my hops all flowered at different times. One of my Chinook flowered early and some of the flowers are starting to brown so I can’t wait for the other plant. I wanted to do it last weekend but scheduling didn’t work.
I picked about half of the Chinook. Several of the cones are huge. The green weight came in just under six ounces. I then got the hop drying rig out of the garage, otherwise known as furnace filters and bungee chords. I layered the hops between three filters then bungeed them together. That was attached to a fan to create the Blowhard 3000. From past experience, two days in the garage drys them nicely. I’ll bag and freeze them in a couple days and probably pick the rest next weekend.
After picking I needed a beer so I cracked open a German classic. A friend of mine recently went to Germany and hand delivered a bottle of the famous Rauchbier after visiting Bamberg. It’s malty but dry, and the smoke adds a slight sweetness that compliments the maltiness. It’s not oxidized or cardboardy. So good.
I’ll post more as I get the rest of my hops picked and dried.
I picked about half of the Chinook. Several of the cones are huge. The green weight came in just under six ounces. I then got the hop drying rig out of the garage, otherwise known as furnace filters and bungee chords. I layered the hops between three filters then bungeed them together. That was attached to a fan to create the Blowhard 3000. From past experience, two days in the garage drys them nicely. I’ll bag and freeze them in a couple days and probably pick the rest next weekend.
After picking I needed a beer so I cracked open a German classic. A friend of mine recently went to Germany and hand delivered a bottle of the famous Rauchbier after visiting Bamberg. It’s malty but dry, and the smoke adds a slight sweetness that compliments the maltiness. It’s not oxidized or cardboardy. So good.
I’ll post more as I get the rest of my hops picked and dried.
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