adding hopped water to underhopped wort pre-pitch

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by DVoors, Mar 3, 2016.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. DVoors

    DVoors Zealot (627) Jan 6, 2014 Indiana

    Last night I brewed a stout and after transferring to the fermentor, I realized that I forgot to add the bigger half of my bittering charge at 60 minutes. I only added .25 oz of Columbus and forgot to add the whole oz of magnum. That brought projected Ibus down from 40 to 17. Now, I'm planning to boil the oz of magnum in 1 gallon of water for 60 minutes before cooling, adding on top of the 11 gallons of wort, and pitching the yeast. Does anyone see any potential problems or issues with this plan? Thanks for any advice!
     
    #1 DVoors, Mar 3, 2016
  2. DVoors

    DVoors Zealot (627) Jan 6, 2014 Indiana

    My concern is over utilization due to no gravity. Am I over thinking this?
     
    #2 DVoors, Mar 3, 2016
  3. chavinparty

    chavinparty Zealot (653) Jan 4, 2015 New Hampshire

    I wouldn't bother. Dryhop it when the krausen starts dropping
     
    #3 chavinparty, Mar 3, 2016
    DVoors likes this.
  4. scurvy311

    scurvy311 Savant (1,135) Dec 3, 2005 Louisiana

    I entered 2 Dusseldorf altbiers into a germanfest comp 2 years ago. A split batch the only difference was I wanted 1 to have a bigger hop presence. I boiled an additional tettnang 1oz hop charge in a gallon of water and added it to one of the fermenters. Judges were quick to point out the harshness and grassiness of the bottles that had the extra hope.

    Just a data point to consider. A stout may do a better job of masking some of that. I personally wouldn't do it again. I agree that dryhopping might be your best bet.
     
    #4 scurvy311, Mar 3, 2016
    DVoors and Lukass like this.
  5. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
    Pooh-Bah

    If you want to try this I suggest using hop extract (available from most hop suppliers). It would take considerable less water, may have to search for proper utilization rates. It might be better (definitely easier) to just add dry hops and call it a Black Pale Ale.
     
    #5 PortLargo, Mar 3, 2016
    DVoors likes this.
  6. scottakelly

    scottakelly Maven (1,487) May 9, 2007 Ohio

    Maybe add something else bitter, like coffee.
     
    #6 scottakelly, Mar 3, 2016
    DVoors likes this.
  7. DVoors

    DVoors Zealot (627) Jan 6, 2014 Indiana

    Well shit. I didn't see any responses within the first hour or two after I posted this, so I went ahead and did what I proposed above; however, I lost so much volume due to evaporation that I only ended up with maybe 1/8th of a gallon that I split between the two fermentors. Hopefully, it won't make the beer harsh and undrinkable like what was suggested above. Too late to do anything now. I will report back with results in a couple weeks. Thanks for the suggestions.
     
    #7 DVoors, Mar 3, 2016
    ChrisMyhre and scurvy311 like this.
  8. HopVol

    HopVol Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2015 Tennessee

    Be sure and report back, interested in how this turns out. Good luck.
     
    #8 HopVol, Mar 3, 2016
    ChrisMyhre and DVoors like this.
  9. Brewday

    Brewday Zealot (721) Dec 25, 2015 New York

    I was given one of those Keurig coffee machines and it came with a reusable mesh screen cup. Put about 8 hops pellets in and ran two cups of water threw it. Actually made some decent hop juice and mixed it with some beer.
     
    #9 Brewday, Mar 3, 2016
    DVoors likes this.
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.