For the last couple of months i've been saving up the last 10-15 or so grams of hops i have from any one pack into a single bag and freezing them.
So far in this bag i have columbus, amarillo, cascade and liberty all in varying quantities and have about 80g in total.
They are all mixed together and i was wondering if anyone has ever kept a lucky/unlucky random bag of hops and actually used them?
I am thinking about just all pale malt and doing 60, 30, 5 minute equal hops additions and fermenting with US-05.
Have I lost my mind?
Lucky dip hops
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Re: Lucky dip hops
Only if the recipe turns out great and you want to recreate itoctoscott wrote:For the last couple of months i've been saving up the last 10-15 or so grams of hops i have from any one pack into a single bag and freezing them.
So far in this bag i have columbus, amarillo, cascade and liberty all in varying quantities and have about 80g in total.
They are all mixed together and i was wondering if anyone has ever kept a lucky/unlucky random bag of hops and actually used them?
I am thinking about just all pale malt and doing 60, 30, 5 minute equal hops additions and fermenting with US-05.
Have I lost my mind?

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Re: Lucky dip hops
I say give it ago, I read not so long ago, some one did it,
Think it might have been Hamelsworde Brewery, but I could be wrong!
You could have a winner with this, but it would be hard to recreate
Think it might have been Hamelsworde Brewery, but I could be wrong!
You could have a winner with this, but it would be hard to recreate

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Litres Brewed in :
2013 - 655
2014 - 719
2015 - 726
2016 - 74
Started BIAB 11/02/2013
Re: Lucky dip hops
I done this with Apollo Centennial and Citra. Best beer I've made to date, tasted like Adnams Ghostship
Re: Lucky dip hops
I'll make sure to have two batches worth of hops before I start just incase it turns outs a cracker 

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Re: Lucky dip hops
Probablyoctoscott wrote:For the last couple of months i've been saving up the last 10-15 or so grams of hops i have from any one pack into a single bag and freezing them.
So far in this bag i have columbus, amarillo, cascade and liberty all in varying quantities and have about 80g in total.
Have I lost my mind?

Columbus, amarillo, and cascade blend well together. The liberty was bred from a German noble hop and might get lost mixed with those citrusy hops.
I'm just here for the beer.