Hey everyone, I have at least 2 pounds of fresh cascades hanging on the vine on the side of my house. I understand the fresh hop to pellet ratio is 5-6 ounces of fresh equals 1 ounce of pellets. Anyone have a solid homebrew recipe for a west coast IPA utilizing fresh cascades? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers, Miller.
Hi Miller, To be safe, I'll post an extract recipe for you. Make the necessary conversions for all grain. Here is a recipe I've used for the last few years. 7 pounds light DME 1 pound of Caramel 120 malt ½ oz. Simcoe (60 min.) ½ oz. Galena (60 min.) ½ oz. Centennial (60 min.) ½ oz. Simcoe (20 min.) ½ oz. Galena (20 min.) ½ oz. Centennial (20 min.) 1.5 pounds (wet weight) of fresh picked Cascade hops (15 min.) Dry hop with chosen mix of above pellets or dried / sealed homegrown hops. I've had nice results with a mix of 1 oz. Simcoe and 2 oz. (dry weight) of homegrown Cascade. 1 – 11g package US05 dry yeast - Steep grains for 30 minutes at 155 degrees - Add extract, boil, and then add hops according to schedule - I use a sanitized bag to filter out the hops after the wort has been cooled. - OG = 1.065 - Ferment at 63 degrees - FG = 1.012 - Dry hop for 10 days - Bottle / keg Cheers! John
Take any recipe and multiply x5 is what my home brew store guy told me today..cant really bitter with cascade but for example .. take this recipe and x5 the flavor, aroma and dry hop additions 7 lbs. Light malt extract 1 lb. Light Munich Malt 1 1/2 lbs. Domestic Two Row Pale Malt 1/2 lb. British Light Crystal Malt 1/4 lb. Cara-Stan Malt 1 oz. Columbus hops (bittering) 1 oz. Centennial hops (flavoring) 1 oz. Cascades hops (finishing) 1 oz. Simcoe hops (dry hop)
