Hop Harvest

After months of watering, and waiting, my cascade hops were ready to harvest on August 29. The total yield was about 3.5 lbs before any drying. I used most of them in a wet-hopped pale ale.

Green Harvest Pale Ale

Grains:
14# US 2-Row
2# Vienna
1# Crystal 40ºL

Mash at 155ºF

Hops:
All weights are for wet, freshly harvested hops.

10 oz First Wort Hop
2 oz 90 min
5 oz 60 min
5 oz 45 min
5 oz 30 min
5 oz 15 min
5 oz 5 min
5 oz 1 min

Aerate chilled wort onto the yeast cake from the last batch of IPA, and pitch in a vial of California V. Rack to secondary after 2 weeks, age 2 weeks, then keg and dry hop with 2 oz dried whole cascade. This is currently in the cellar, waiting for an open tap handle.

IPA

Brewed 2009.08.15

Grain Bill

• 12# US 2-Row
• 1# Malted White Wheat
• 1.25# Vienna
• 1# Crystal 60ºL
• 1# Crystal 15ºL

Single infusion mash, 158ºF. Sparge at 165ºF.

Whole Hops:

• 1.5 oz Simcoe (12.9% α) First Wort
• 0.75 oz Centennial (8.7% α) 60 min
• 0.5 oz Simcoe (12.9% α) 60 min
• 0.5 oz Cascade (7.9% α) 30 min
• 0.5 oz Amarillo (9.0% α) 30 min
• 0.5 oz Cascade (7.9% α) 15 min
• 0.5 oz Amarillo (9.0% α) 15 min
• 0.75 oz Centennial (8.7% α) 15 min
• 1.0 oz Cascade (7.9% α) 5 min
• 1.0 oz Centennial (8.7% α) 1 min

Pitch 1 vial English Ale yeast 5.5 gallons of wort with OG of 1.064.

Rack to secondary at 2 weeks. Aged 3 more weeks, then cold-crashed for 48 hours.

Dry Hop in Keg:

• 0.5 oz Amarillo (9.0% α)
• 0.75 oz Cascade (7.9% α)
• 0.75 oz Centennial (8.7% α)

Force carbonated at 10 psi.