Hops 101: The Difference Between Hop Products and Addition Styles When Home Brewing

[@jasonhalstead8785]

Thank you for the detail Sarah! I have been brewing for a few months and I learn something new on each of your videos. Keep up the great work!!

[@captainnibby]

Very good video! I've showed my wife a few of your videos and now she's a LITTLE bit more willing to get involved with brewing seeing it's not just a "guy thing". Thank you so much!

[@thomaskline8571]

I’ve been brewing for 20 years and I learned a lot from this video. Excellent content and presentation Sara 🍻

[@FloraBrewing]

That’s such a wonderful compliment!

[@parmdeeppuri2981]

Brah, 20 years! I suggest you buy 'Principles of brewing science. A study of serious brewing'. Sarah is a wealth of knowledge also.

[@leiflindqvist9095]

Very good and nice presentation of a topic that feels like a jungle for a beginner like me. You are a source of knowledge and inspiration. Thanks! 🇸🇪

[@glleon80517]

Well done, Sarah! It’s the vocabulary of ways to hop that makes it seem difficult. You did a great job explaining everything. For the curious who are new to brewing, creating a whirlpool after flameout by stirring in a circular fashion will move a lot of hop matter to the center of your kettle and keep it there so when you drain your kettle you don’t get a bunch of hop goo in your fermenter.

[@ErickandDerrick]

I almost exclusively make mead, but everything I've experimented with, I've never tried with hops! I bet a hopped hydromel would be lovely! Awesome video and great info, thankyou!

[@mdspider]

I have dry hopped mead. It’s delicious and adds a “tang”.

[@bryanbrunk1186]

Preemptive thank you for going over hops. Much needed information I'm sure.

[@FloraBrewing]

You bet!

[@tazdevil5032]

Great vid, very important info

[@jimp5024]

Excellent video, accurate, informative.

[@WolfKingBrewing]

Great information! To new brewers seeing a bunch of terms used so consistently and having no idea what they mean can be super frustrating. I definitely agree that the term "whirlpool" seems to be pretty vague amongst homebrewers 🤣 I find it interchanged with "flame-out" or "post-boil" pretty frequently. That being said, any of those seem to get the job done!

[@FloraBrewing]

Thanks so much!

Great video as usual, you are so good at explaining. Cheers

[@alexanderbeeser5152]

this way very good, thank you. but ( there is always a but) at around 1:34 you say that if you don't have hops you are not making beer you are making gruit ( at least that's what it sounded like). If I heard correctly, that's incorrect. Gruit was the bittering agent ( based on a variety of spices )that preceeded hops.

[@WreckedBrewery]

Great video, super informative! Cheers!

[@GunsComedy]

Great Video, congrats :)

[@gre3705]

Awesome video, very well done!

[@mry82]

Interesting about the dry hopping. I have always added mine about 4 days before bottling, after active fermentation. I thought adding them earlier and leaving them in longer might have some negative effects on my brew. I do admit I had one batch that bottling got delayed on and the dry hops were probably in for 10 days? It still turned out okay! I just started using cryohops on my last couple IPAs. Cheers!

[@AlexGarcia-is9ui]

Excellent video as always! Could you cover what the different oil content in hops mean? It would be an interesting video

[@FloraBrewing]

Totally! There’s so much more to get into with hops I could talk about them for hours!

[@joshuapinter]

Great video.When does Hops 201 class come out? :)

[@michouik]

thx, very informative

[@Louz_Drumz]

nice info here. hop creep would be a good topic next time. brew on

[@MatiasPiispanen]

That was a nice and thorough video. The recent NEIPA craze is affecting this part of the world a little too, but I think here (in northern Europe) we're currently more trending on local malts. I need to read up on how to use these newer hop products, though, even if the availability here is a little limited. Frankly, I never really understood the science behind first wort hopping, which is why I avoid it.

[@bryanbrunk1186]

I would like to hear more about how to add aroma and less bitterness wether that be by the type of hops or when to add the hops and how to identify the type of hops that would provide said qualities.

[@Bosmanneggie]

So with that last option the bio thing (forgotten the name already) could you throw in hops with the yeast? Or do you need to wait for the fermentation to start?

[@TheBruSho]

I need to play with cryohops more, especially in IPAs. Great vid!

[@805tactical]

Super new to home brewing. I’ve mostly been brewing IPA’s and have recently discovered the importance of your water choice. I’ve been only using RO water because my local so cal water is hard and has lots of other add ins. I can’t find much info on this! I was wondering if you might possibly touch on water prep additives to bring ph to proper levels? Hope this makes sense and thanks for the great content!

[@jdhalvo]

I would love to hear your opinion on hop baskets/spiders. I made an IPA for my wife and the spiders got so plugged up I wonder if all the expensive hops I bought made their way into the beer. Do you use them? Do you recommend them?

[@johnnypaints23]

Do you do anything to prevent oxidation when post ferment dry hopping. My first neipa will be ready in 2 days but I'm regretting not adding co2 to the headspace from what I've read

[@noodle845]

Nice video Flora 👍i look forward to the yeast video. Its amazing how each yeast strain is slightly different. US-05 for example can produce a lovely clean, crisp beer. However, i found you almost need to mash slightly hotter than the recipe might suggest, because the US-05 will take you down into the 1006 to 1008 territory 🤔 have you ever had that issue?

[@FloraBrewing]

Oh yeah it’ll dry out your beer a ton! I always have a super low fg with it

[@jongerenski1545]

Great video! I was just about to start reading For the Love of Hops but think I’ll skip it now!😉 Can’t wait to see the new brewery setup either.

[@ashleysutton16]

Have you tried Incognito hop oil?

[@samueljohnson2536]

The hop oil is very interesting -- I've never tried it. What all brands (I see the description for MoreBeer El Dorado) and varieties have you tried? Do you find the aroma to be similar to that of dry hopping or wet hopping?

[@FloraBrewing]

I really like the el dorado I don’t think I’ve used the chinook yet

[@gareman60]

Thanks so much for this info! It’s great that you give us the lowdown, I appreciate that. I’m brewing a red amber recipe from Ballantine and it’s extra hoppy. I was concerned about the thick hop layer in the secondary after it initially foamed up. I’m guessing this is the hop/yeast interaction you mentioned? Will it diminish over time and if not, can I just poke through it when I get to the bottling stage? Thanks! @gareman4brew #MoonSlopeBrewing

[@tylerb6081]

Thanks for the vid. I get a little anxious when I see hops left out in the open air or unattended open hop bags. Brewer's OCD maybe?

[@GenusBrewing]

We should all make a pact to stop using hops for a year so the prices come back down. Make 2021 the year of the Sour!

[@kristof1230]

Love it. Make Galaxy cheap again

[@FloraBrewing]

And low hopped lagers!

[@FloraBrewing]

I really need to make it the year of using all the hops in my freezer it’s becoming a problem

[@theefishlippedone]

your not wrong I bought some Mosaic hops yesterday and they were £12.50 for 225g, in total i spent £35 in hops

[@jafarym77]

@@FloraBrewing I'm willing to help solve that problem of having too much hops.... I'll pay for shipping 😂😂

[@jonwilliams1158]

Authentic Pliny the Elder recipes have mash hops I believe, I've never had a wet hopped beer, always wanted to try one. Fun video, good info 👍🙂

[@bryanbrunk1186]

Just watched the previous video where you made dig biscuits. Please inform others that depending on when you hop the beer, you CAN NOT make dog biscuits.

[@Bobotrucker]

I don't like ipa taste at all.. Just started my first gallon batch from an Octoberfest kit.. So does more hops mean more ipa taste??

[@owenwilliams3285]

Kinda like a weed tasting. Noice

[@carljasinto9420]

the music is distracting.

[@Daemiex]

it was so quiet in the background i dont know how it distracted you

[@kokobasel4397]

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