Adrian Cook joins me this week from Blue Lake Hops to discuss brewing with wet hops and a new fresh wet hop product they are producing.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (42:36)
- This week I welcome Adrian Cook to the show from Blue Lake Hops. They have been pioneering a new technique to bring fresh wet hops to home brewers and pro brewers.
- We start with a discussion on the resurgence of hop growing in the Great Lakes region and midwest US.
- Adrian tells us a little about some of the new varieties coming from the region.
- We discuss the founder of Blue Lake hops and his new technique to bring fresh wet hops to brewers.
- Adrian talks about the effort which included Michigan State University to find a better way to package fresh wet hops.
- We talk about what fresh wet hops bring to a harvest brew that dried and pelletized hops do not.
- Adrian explains some of the advantages and some of the challenges when working with fresh wet hops.
- We talk about how to estimate the alpha content and also amount of hops needed to get the bitterness right for wet hops.
- He explains the best use of wet hops in the brewing process.
- We discuss feedback from customers on their hops and also what varieties are available.
- He gives his closing thoughts on working with fresh wet hops.
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Thanks to Adrian Cook for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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