Peepz,
I recently discovered a bunch of wild hops bines growing not 5' walking distance from my doorstep. I intend to capitalise on this discovery by brewing a green hops beer with it.
Specifics regarding malt bill aside, I intend to brew an easy APA (if not an even simpler SMaSH) to get a feel of this hops. I've absolutely no idea as to what cultivar it might be, nor about its brewing properties, so this is just to get an idea of its overall brewing potential.
The flowers smell very green when rubbed in the palms, with hardly any yellow lupulin to be seen. Green and pleasantly citrussy, but very very mild.
In 20l of 1.045 beer with a target of 20 IBU, I would add
100g at T-70'
75g at T-15'
75g at whirlpool
Dryhop unlikely to happen unless I find more green hops by the time primary fermentation ends. I'll freeze another 50g or so just in case.
My estimation is that the hops will be about 3% alpha (but with my luck, it may well be 18% and I'll be brewing a horrible mess in the end). I doubled all amounts I'd normally use if these were dried hops, knowing I'll still end up well below what my calculator says (I figure about 80% of the flowers is water anyway).
Any ideas or experiences to share?