wort loss to hops

[prolix]

search gave me 103 pages of results so stuff that. How much wort do hops use up? I have seen it before and no doubt in a sobe state I could find it again but help a bloke out and save me from "you can not make another search so soon wait another ten years"

[Gurgeh]

David Edge was asked that same question at the November meeting in Chelmsford.

Minutes (with that answer) can be found by following the shedbrewers link in my signature.

[anomalous_result]

I have no idea, but make sure you check the 'search all terms' button under the search box. I only get 39 matches then.

[gr_baker]

for what it's worth, I made a big IPA last year with 300g of Goldings. After chilling etc I put the drained hops in my old mash tun overnight to allow any remaining wort to drain out. There was about 2 litres of wort present the next morning which I added to the fermentation vessel.

I've repeated this exercise when making IPA since as there's always a litre or two of recoverable wort in the hops. I haven't measured it directly but my feeling is that there's about 0.75 litre in 100g of hops.

Russell.

[prolix]

thanks guys far too much pop last night, yes the all button would have helped

Gurgeh thanks for that

David produced the hop absorption figure of 6L/Kg

pretty close to youir figure gr

just what I wanted

Cheers