Bierstadt cofounder Bill Eye explains the when and why of their “conservative” approach to hop additions in their pale lagers, aiming for fine bitterness while avoiding grassy flavors. learn.beerandb...
I held back a tear watching your video. Finally someone gets it! I especially liked your reference to Jean deClerk’s “A Textbook of Brewing”. Good on you. Prost!
For noble hops, the noble character does not come from late hopping but rather from oxidation of the sesquiterpenes. And for that you need energy and time. No whirlpool will ever give you great noble character results but can even overwhelm the character with grassiness
