Comments on: Here’s the plan

By: Dogchillibilly

Dogchillibilly — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:10:56 +0000

Focusing on the brewing perspective, Traditional pairings, combos in specific styles, even in specific well known beers. Eg snpa for cascade.
Characteristics of different hops as bittering, flavour, aroma and dry hopping.

And on a more general one how about a hop lineage / family tree type diagram. Showing how modern types evolved.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:45:50 +0000

How about some coverage of the pre-Prohibition hop growth and varieties in the US. With the amount of people trying to look back and recreate historic beer styles, I think there would be a lot of interest in such information besides use Cluster or old English hop varieties.

By: Shamas

Shamas — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:36:27 +0000

Utilization.

I brew a number of my beers with significant late hop additions (4-6 oz in the last 15 minutes of the boil for a 5 gallon batch is average for my hoppy beers) and I have grown extremely skeptical of the standard IBU calculations. I am certain that even flameout or whirlpool hop additions contribute bitterness to beer, yet all three of the common formulae indicate 0 IBUs. As a result I have relied on years of trial and error to develop balanced recipes that have the late-hop character I’m looking for, without blowing the doors off the IBUs.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:33:54 +0000

Would love to see information from the ongoing hop maturity study (they had a panel at the CBC this year, John Mallet’s a good contact) – they had some really fantastic information from a chemical level and really fantastic stuff concerning how flavor changes with hop maturity.

I’d also like to see an in-depth discussion about how/why different hop usages work (or don’t – or what differences they produce) including mashing hops, first-wort hopping, hopbacks, etc.

And maybe some information about hop blends – either custom built by brewers (what works, what doesn’t, what flavors), or new packaged ones like we’re starting to see from HopUnion in Falconer’s Flight.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:27:01 +0000

The history of hops would be good (historic usage and varieties). Growing hops in certain regions is quite difficult, and there isn’t much information available about which hops grow best where. The chemistry of hop utilization (1st wort, dry hop, early addition, late addition) would also be good. I’m interested in the utilization of hops and impacts on secondary items (like head retention).

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:05:37 +0000

I’m looking forward to this book and very much enjoyed Brew Like a Monk and Brewing with Wheat! There is so much that would be interesting to learn about hops. I’m especially interestied in the historical and cultural info, development of the different hop growing regions and varieties. How the “American” breeds campare and contrast with the continental varieties.

By: Matt hendry

Matt hendry — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:46:44 +0000

Stan make sure you include a section on “Hop cloning” (Using hop cuttings ) which is just starting to become popular with small hop growers and what many big hop farmers are doing to establish new hop yards

By: Bil

Bil — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:58:53 +0000

If this book is anything like Brewing in Wheat, I’m ready to pre-order right now! Looking forward to it.