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[cavman]

Huh. Hadn't heard that one. I guess it all depends on the various rates that things happen to hops (isomerization, breakdown/explusion of flavor and aroma compounds) at different temps. Nifty.Do you happen to recall on what podcast you heard this discussed? I generally listen to the BN ones and Basic Brewing, but I've missed a few.

I remember it was Daniels saying it was the best way, can't think off my head which podcast it was. I tried it over the weekend so I'll know soon enough, as for DMS many people do the overnight chill(I wouldn't).

[Pseudolus]

Would a concentrated hop tea do the same thing, while getting around any DMS concerns?Say, boil a 1/2G of water, add a bit of DME, toss in a couple-few oz of hops and turn off the heat. Let that steep while you chill your main batch. Add the tea to your fermenter just before/shortly after pitching yeast.

[jammer]

Im not a hophead by any means, but im learning. My suggestion is to use a known good ipa recipe at first. I did one of Denny's Rye IPA and it was very good!

[cavman]

Would a concentrated hop tea do the same thing, while getting around any DMS concerns?Say, boil a 1/2G of water, add a bit of DME, toss in a couple-few oz of hops and turn off the heat. Let that steep while you chill your main batch. Add the tea to your fermenter just before/shortly after pitching yeast.

Maybe similar, hell you could just pull off a small portion of your wort in that case. I used 2.5 oz of leaf hops in mine so it couldn't be too small.