Brewing in a drought!!

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Re: Brewing in a drought!!

Post by MashBag » Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:59 am

I am using warm vodka to extract the flavour from the hops then adding the vodka to the fermentation.

Hop tea but with vodka not water. I discovered it by accident when I was blending beer.
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Re: Brewing in a drought!!

Post by LeeH » Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:02 pm

No mention on the MM site regarding max temp. A quick Google suggest 120 degC.

Are we sticking it straight in after the boil?
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Re: Brewing in a drought!!

Post by guypettigrew » Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:38 pm

MashBag wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:59 am
 I am using warm vodka to extract the flavour from the hops then adding the vodka to the fermentation.

Hop tea but with vodka not water. I discovered it by accident when I was blending beer.

Amazing. I'm intrigued. How did you discover it 'by accident'? Which part of beer blending involves soaking hops in warm vodka?!!

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Re: Brewing in a drought!!

Post by MashBag » Mon Oct 31, 2022 8:46 am

Not really my discovery. Lots of things use solvents to extract flavours, particularly the perfume industry.

Warm solvent it's even better. Had some success using the microwave. Next time I think it needs a longer stand.
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