Anyone mess around with them? Place online has some Simcoe but it is not cheap, $34 for 5ML but they say you only need 0.10 - 0.50 ML per 5.5g. I do love Simcoe so I am mulling over giving it a try.

Hop Terpene
#1
Posted 26 July 2019 - 08:15 AM
#2
Posted 26 July 2019 - 08:46 AM
Never heard of it. I have not paid much attention to some of this cryo-hop, hop-dust, hop-fairy stuff at all. I still have a syringe of something in my fridge... what was that, hop oil or something?
#3
Posted 26 July 2019 - 08:51 AM
I still have a syringe of something in my fridge... what was that, hop oil or something?
Hop extract most likely. IBU with out any vegital or hop character just straight bitterness.
#4
Posted 26 July 2019 - 09:06 AM
Hop extract most likely. IBU with out any vegital or hop character just straight bitterness.
Right. I'm too squeamish to use it. What's the story with the hop terpene?
#5
Posted 26 July 2019 - 09:15 AM
my understanding is it will improve flavor and aroma. Very concentrated hop oil.
#6
Posted 26 July 2019 - 09:43 AM
my understanding is it will improve flavor and aroma. Very concentrated hop oil.
Hop turpentine.
So you add it late in the boil, whirlpool or in place of a dry hop? So would you consider it something designed for pale ales, IPAs, IIPAs, NEIPAs, etc. for the most part?
#7
Posted 27 July 2019 - 02:38 PM
Yes, I have a batch of Rye IPA on tap now that used them and Drew has sent me beer that he used them in. Not real impressed so far. Have a kinda weird, raw hop taste to them. What we use is intended to be used as a dry hop.
Never heard of it. I have not paid much attention to some of this cryo-hop, hop-dust, hop-fairy stuff at all. I still have a syringe of something in my fridge... what was that, hop oil or something?
Maybe a Hop Shot from Northern Brewer?
#8
Posted 27 July 2019 - 02:49 PM
Thanks. Do you know the company you got them from?Yes, I have a batch of Rye IPA on tap now that used them and Drew has sent me beer that he used them in. Not real impressed so far. Have a kinda weird, raw hop taste to them. What we use is intended to be used as a dry hop.
Maybe a Hop Shot from Northern Brewer?
And how much you used per gallon.
Edited by HVB, 27 July 2019 - 02:55 PM.
#9
Posted 28 July 2019 - 10:38 AM
Thanks. Do you know the company you got them from?
And how much you used per gallon.
I got them from a guy named Matt Humbard. I don't think he's associated with a company. Just trying to do it on his own. I'd say I added maybe an oz. or 2, but I didn't measure. That could very well be why my hop character is so aggressive. Drew sent me a bottle of terpenes and I dumped it in the keg. Stupid....
#10
Posted 28 July 2019 - 11:28 AM
#11
Posted 28 July 2019 - 12:01 PM
Yeah I have played with terps. Make sure you titrate carefully. They get waaaayyyy over the top very quickly. They add a nice dimension when you can’t exactly tell they are there. Honestly, not a substitute for dry hops, but done properly, you can get some nice complexity.
based on my experience, "done properly" is the key!
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