Cryo Hop Experiment

Question: Do cryo hops make a preferred difference hop flavor and aroma as compared to T-90 pellets?

Hypothesis: Cryo hops provide a fresher, more intense flavor and aroma than T-90 pellets

Brewing Sessions Needed: 1

Protocol: 

1. Produce 5 or 10 gallons of wort for an APA or AIPAaccording to the following recipes.

2. Split the wort into two boil kettles

3. Use the same hops schedule for both batches, but using cryo hops in one and T-90 pellets in the other.  All other parameters of the batches are the same.

Evaluation: (evaluation questiuons will be added later)

Triangle Test: Perform a standard triangle test with 2 samples from one batch and one from the other.  Correct tasters proceed to the sensory evaluation

Sensory evaluation: Have tasters complete the evaluation form with sensory perceptions and beer preferences.

IPA Batch Size: 

5.50 gallons

Boil Time: 

60 minutes

Original Gravity: 

1.069

SRM: 

7.50

ABV: 

7.00% ABV

Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract: 

13 lbs Domestic 2 Row Malt

1 lbs Munich Malt

0.5 lbs Crystal 60L

Mashing Instructions: 

Single Infusion Mash - 152F for 60 minutes

Hops: 

Neutral bittering hop to 60 IBU 60 minutes

Mosaic and Citra to whirlpool

Cascade dry hop

Yeast: 

Wyeast 1056 / WLP001 / US-05

APA Batch Size: 

5.50 gallons

Boil Time: 

60 minutes

Original Gravity: 

1.054

SRM: 

7.00

ABV: 

5.50% ABV

Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract: 

10 lbs Domestic 2 Row Malt

1 lbs Munich Malt

0.5 lbs Crystal 60L

Mashing Instructions: 

Single Infusion Mash - 152F for 60 minutes

Hops: 

Neutral bittering hop to 35 IBU  60 minutes

Mosaic and Citra to whirlpool

Cascade  dry hop

Yeast: 

Wyeast 1056 / WLP001 / US-05

Recipe Notes:

You’ll need to provide your own bittering hops and do the recipe calculation for them.  Remember, the important thing is for everything to be the same other than the form of hops.  That means you can decide your own whirlpool time and temp, as long as both batches are the same.