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The Hop Squasher
denny:
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--- Quote from: denny on January 24, 2012, 10:05:15 am ---Doesn't that pretty much decarb the beer, too
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I personally like my IPA and IIPA with low levels of carbonation. And, FWIW, you get a lot of foaming and some loss of carbonation with a randall as well. I know you think a randall is more a novelty than anything, but we have done some beers through one and I really like the results. I can see why this idea generates some excitement.
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Keith, my opinion of the Randall may well come from not having a beer served correctly through one. And I like a fair bit of carbonation in my IPAs and APAs.
majorvices:
Well, it's not that tricky to serve a beer through one. Maybe you just don't care for the results? I can respect that.
denny:
--- Quote from: majorvices on January 25, 2012, 09:41:04 am ---Well, it's not that tricky to serve a beer through one. Maybe you just don't care for the results? I can respect that.
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If it gives the beer more hops, I ALWAYS like it! But the beers I had that were served through a Randall have been a flat, sloppy mess. Guess I just need to keep trying them until I find one done right.
pinnah:
--- Quote from: wayne1 on January 24, 2012, 09:40:50 am ---A brewpub in Denver has just started using a French Press to offer fresh hop infused beers
http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/01/bull_bush_offering_tableside_whole-hop_infusions.php
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Whole Hop Infusion. Catchy name.
I might try it with some homegrown and that PBR in the fridge tonight. :)
At the pub, doing it with Simcoe, Citra and Amarillo might get a little pricey,
but getting piles of cheap locally produced cascade, chinook and crystal... Very cool.
I thought this was an interesting statement in the article:
"Peterson got the idea a few weeks ago when he was trying to think of something new to do with a bunch of whole hops he'd bought from Jack Rabbit Hill. He wanted to use them to dry-hop one of the beer Bull & Bush brews, but didn't have a way to strain out the hops cones afterward. Most beers are brewed using hops pellets, a ground and compressed form of hops that dissolve in the beer when it is brewed. " :D
wayne1:
Denny,
Perhaps you just need to go to your local Bed, Bath and Beyond and pick up a French Press coffee maker. I did this past weekend. The wife has masses of 20% off and $10.00 of one item coupons. I spent $20.00 for a 34 oz model with glass container. Far cheaper than a Randall or Hop Rocket. Pellets or leaf hops can be used.
I just picked up some Ruthless Rye. I'll try some in the Hop Squasher. Any suggestions as to what variety to use? I have q very good selection of pellets but only some home grown Cascase leaf.
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