I finally created the BEST TASTING HOP WATER Recipe! 

Thanks for watching! It took a month of trial and error on this one and I wasn't even doing dry January 😅 good thing I love seltzer

Glad you went through and did the hard work to let us know!

This recipe is a WINNER! Love it. Hoppy, floral, bright, citrus. It's fantastic. Did a 2 gallon batch with 4g of Cascade and 4g of Idaho-7. ❤

This was a great video, very well made, and thanks for doing the legwork for us! Can't get Hop water yet over here in Germany so need to make some myself

I am trying your idea but with lemon peels, lactic acid, and with one ounce of hops but for only 20 minutes and a little warm hop addition… then straining through a coffee filter. Wish me luck. I might have to dilute 😂 maybe it was too many hops but also the contact time isn’t as long. Then just a squirt of liquid stevia might be good at the end. Edit: yes I added some citric acid and a few more gallons of water. I think your recipe exactly would be better.

killer vid braj!

So if you don't have a carbonation keg, could you use a sodastream to carbonate the hop water? My husband LOVES hop water, and I love homebrew recipes!

Great video! Have to cut back my drinking and having 4 beers on tap at my bar is a problem. I enjoy the taste of the sierra nevada but not the price! Gonna fill up a corny with this recipe. Being that its 5 gallons would you adjust anything in the recipe? I was not sure if I needed more seeping time or anything.

My guess with lagunitas is that they'd add live slurry to be filtered out later - because the slurry is active it should be able to break the glyosidic linkages? (just a guess)

Informative. I’m more interested in some kind of concentrated extract that I can add to sodastream carbonated water and get something that tastes good even if somehow different than the SN / Lagunitas products. But still useful/interesting.

Have you tried it with fresh hops? My first guess would be to scale accordingly from wet to dry but if you have any insight that would be great!

Looks good! I went way overboard with the hops on my last one. For a 5 gallon batch I did 1.5 oz in a hot steep, then added another 2 oz directly to the keg. I guess more is not always better! I ended up dumping half the keg. I think Lagunitas has some type of a no-calorie sweetener added and it comes across to me more like a no-calorie lime soda with a touch of hops. The Sierra Nevada one seems more like a straight hop + water drink.

Next up, hard hop water

AH YES. I love the rise in popularity for hop water it's a good way to reduce alc intake and it tastes great. Thanks for you're content.

For a low tech version- what are your thoughts on a reduced sugar Kiefer water with hop flower added in the F2? I’ve made kombucha with grapefruit and hop flowers, and it was so delish. But maybe leafier water or a whey water ferment could make the carbonation?

I dry hopped my Kombucha with whole cone hops for one week. Best idea ever.

I recently learned from Lagunitas directly that they no longer use yeast in Hoppy Refeesher. That mini keg is sweet. Could you view and possibly bump a review at www.youtube.com/@waterandhops

Nice work, detailed video. MoreBeer just put out a video on making hop water. They visited Lagunitas and brewed a batch of water while there, then did a home brew vesion using what they learned. Like you, they did a couple of options, but they said the yeasted version was far superior. Biotransformation. Cheers!

Just made my first batch loosely based on your recommendation of 4g hops, 1/2 lime per 1gallon of H2O and it is for sure delicious. Thanks bro! Keep up the great work, I love your content!

My Favorite commercial version is from Hop Lark with their Double Dry Hopped Citra Hop Water. I found pretty good success with adding 180F water over the hops in a keg and then dry hopping 2 days later before cold crashing and close transferring to a new keg. Good stuff as always and I am sure that Homemade hop water will go fast and you will need to make a new batch again soon! Cheers!

I love these videos you make where you explore other drinks, and all this tests you do. Definitely going to try this!

Just in time for the Super Bowl BBQ. Thank you.

4g?! I use like 2-4 oz for my batches 🤠 usually 4-5 gallons Definitely going to skip a whirlpool or steep next time

I agree with the recipe. Using lime brings out a nice brightness. I highly recommend you make a "tea" with elderberry with your recipe. It somehow gives a slightly malty flavor and sweetness to the hop water.

Where did you get that little baby keg ?

Great video!!! Am I the only one in the world who avoids those motueka hops? I've used them twice and had 2 beers taste like straight dish soap! Definitely one I stay away from! 😂😂😂 I'd love to be able to send someone a few south African hops they are all super tropical and fruity but ive never seen them used internationally.

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

Awesome video man!! Will definitely be keeping this on tap at home!!!

The beauty is that not much is lost of you have to dump a batch! I will be trying this soon! Cheers!

I would guess Lagunitas use yeast along with sugar to get the biotransformation going, but since they claim it's 0 carbs, 0 alcohol that doesn't seem to be the case. I've tried making hopwater using sugar to "naturally carb" and get some biotransfomration and I was fairly happy with the results, much better than earlier versions I've made. I'll try dryhopping next with a bit of sugar and yeast to see how it turns out.

Thanks for testing this out. I will have to try making some hop water.

Very cool video Trent! I've been wanting to do the same thing, so thank you! Cheers

Do you heat the filtered water before dry hopping?

You actually have to be psychotic to want something that taste like beer without beer

Could you carbonate using a Sodastream jsut the same?

Oh you rock! I was just telling my wife about hop water and how I want to make it as something to drink during the work week instead of beer. I have a 3gal keg I might try this out in. Wonder if it would be as simple as tripling your recipe? Thanks Trent!

Beer is beer-flavored water. Hop water is hops flavored water.

Hi Trent! Question: Did you sanitize everything when doing the "dry hopped" version, or did you rely on the antimicrobial properties of hops to do it for you?

Great info, Thanks for doing the research and hard work. I will definitely try this.

Gotta try it, but since I don't have small keg that I can just do 1gall I might need to do 5 gal

Nice video! Haven’t tried this yet but I really wanna try it!

If there's no yeast, do you need to sanitize the hop sack or keg? Thanks, love the content, keep up the good work!

So cool all the testing you did! Great video!

I always have hop water on tap. My kids love it and have asked for it at breweries before. Haha. The best version I made I tried to match the water profile of Topo Chico added lime juice to drop the ph and hot steeped citra at 170. I enjoy the hoppier bite though.

Just made 4 liters of this in my mini keg, took 10 mins to do. It's sitting with the dryhop now. I didnt have a hop bag close, so I used a tea bag. I will shake carb so it should be ready this afternoon already. I'm really curious!

I have fresh hops flowers that are ready to be picked. 🧐

Just watch your Graf video this morning and went to the homebrew store to get everything. Now I have to go back and get some more hop for Hop water.

LOVE this video. I can't wait to try this method. I have only tried the steeping method and Its always been quite hoppy, too much honestly. I did notice a big improvement in using whole cone hops over pellets as the pellets tend to degrade and more hop matter gets into suspension. I've bottled the water and over time a noticeable amount of hop sediment settles on the bottom of the bottle and the hoppy flavor intensifies.

really good testing. They just started selling hop water at the store near my work. Still haven't tried it yet.

do you know if those olive nation extracts have alcohol ?

I’ve done the recipe from beer maverick- did half citra half loral plus lactic acid. Will try again with your method. Did you calc the water composition from your source to imitate? Thx for all you do.

I came here expecting the best water profile for a hoppy beer, BITTERLY disappointed!

What temp is the water when you add the hops? Great Video!

GREAT video (you’ve got yourself a new subscriber) I’m making hope water right now, and was planning on running this exact test! I highly recommend you check out Art of Drinks method for making hop water! Would love to see a similar comparison using that method!

Thanks! Your simplified versions were helpful! Just out of my own curiosity and because I don't have a carbonator, I made a down and dirty, super low-tech back alley version of your recipe by dry hopping cascade with lime and funneling into store bought seltzer water at a 1 part dry hop/ 8 part seltzer ratio. I was a happy man, and it gave me a quick idea of what hop water could be. Bravo! Gracias!

This video came at a perfect time for me! I was planning on trying to make hop water at home for the first time this week. Loved the vid, super stoked about the recipe.

I am definitely going to try this

How many g of fresh hops would you use to do this?

Do you think you could do the carbonation with a soda stream probably?

Thanks for the video. I'm planning a hop water having enjoyed the commercial versions too. I thought I'd mention the yeast possibly used for biotransformation. Vermont strain from escarpment, foggy London ale from imperial, etc. (Often the hazy strains) These types of strains "biotransform" terpenes and free thiols into intense tropical flavors and that is what makes them special. Hops like Citra and mosaic have a high quantity of these compounds relative other hop varieties, which might be why it is used. There are also some engineered yeasts (cosmic punch or thiol libre) that can access both free and bound thiols/terpenes that might be worth a shot. Generic and inexpensive hops like cascade can give you a heavy guava note with these yeasts

That bottle of lactic acid looked like it had been sitting under someone's sink, next to the Windex and white vinegar for several years lol. But Jokes aside, this hopwasser sounds very refreshing and very crushable. I would crush several of these

Thank you for another great video

I just watched a video by morebeer about the yeast in the dry hop for 24hrs. The guy visits the brewery of that brand . Basically Helps with bitterness and brings out more fruity flavors less piney

, yep, this is it, I did some hoptea what was great and light lemon-lime-soda... next is those mixed together to get really special drink...(will not give up super hoppy pilsner.. 😘 )

AHH! Thank you for this! I was looking for hops extracts and reviews were talking about just how much you have to add to make it taste good. I am excited to try this. We have a soda water keg station at our house, but wanted to figure out the option of hop water! I was wondering if you could share roughly how long this would last in the keg?

i am giving u subscription. Great channel. Thanks

can you use a soda stream to carbonate ?

I've got an idea for a |maybe| even better hop water-!? Want to collab?

Great video man! I’m going to make that today. How much dry hops do u recommend for 5 gallons?

Great video! Love the way you edit all of your content together. Hop water is def next on my list of things to put on tap! Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers!

Great experiment, Trent! Cheers dude!!

yeast does impart flavors to the water, much like vegetarians use brewers yeast on spaghetti to imaprt a cheese type flavor. So when they say yeast, there are many different types, jsut my guess here.

Fantastic video! I’ve brewed it the hot steeping way a few times. It comes out ok, but nowhere close to Lagunitas. Excited to try the dry hop method. May even add some pineapple.

Thank you! Want to try this.

Oh I'm definitely gonna make some with some talus hops.

This looks good, will definitely try!

Any chance you tried out leftover hops from brew day … tried that with a tea bag and hot water and later mixed it with carbonated water … didn’t turn out that bad I have to say.

Yeah, it doesn’t make sense to add yeast to the dry hopping step, only after boiling.

Great video, Sir! Thanks for the recipe. I am going to make a trip to the homebrew store and give it a try. Other commenters here seem to have good things to say about it!

I wish this video was posted sooner, I made a batch of hop water over the weekend and it came out super bitter. Definitely trying the dry hop next time.

did you experiment with calcium chloride?

Found your channel after seeing your articles in BYO magazine. Did a hop water today. 2 gallon batch with Simco and Mosiac. Very nice and refreshing, just needs a little more carbonation. Cheers!

I’m looking to add hop flavor to the carbonated water I make in a soda stream. So- how long do you think the dry hopped water would stay in the fridge? 3-5 days? A couple weeks? (To be Used by pouring some in a glass, adding lime nice, then topping with carbonated water).

With brewers yeats its literallt a supertea in terms of nutrition and health benefits

This is very interesting. I really don't like any hop flavors in beer. Now, is this something completely different because it looks very refreshing. Or am I just not going to like it at all?

What i learned from extracting marijuana into water: it only becomes soluble at enough pressure. So try dry hopping in the keg while carbonating at high pressure. To achieve that biotransformation i would try to add an amount of sugar to the keg with the yeast and hops in a sock. Let it naturally carbonate to high pressure over 1 week. Then cold crash and serve. And try a philly sour yeast instead of lime 💚

Great Video !!! Finally an easy way to do hop water, I really enjoyed it, btw Nice T-Shirts !!

I'm going to give it a try, but did you test longer dry hop duration?

I've tried a couple of different ways, but this could be the game changer! Thank you Sir! Cheers!

I was just about to make some this weekend and I am glad I was your video. I will be doing the dry hop method from now on with a splash of lime. Thanks for the hard work

Where’d you find that square 1g keg? That’d be perfect for my mini fridge!

I really like the Lagunitas, want to try this recipe in a highly concentrated version to use as an 'in the glass' dose with my Sodastream water. Thinking maybe make the same recipe in just 12 ounces instead of a gallon.

Awesome video - picked up some hops over the weekend from an older Lagunitas hoppy refresher recipe - Citra, Cascade, Centennial & Chinook. Going to start to experiment! Thanks for taking the gypsum and other chemicals off the table! I’m down with lime :-) Going to try to make a concentrate because my keg is 5 gal and my soda stream is old. Going for a shot of concentrate mixed with the soda stream water.

Very cool idea. I liked your trying to make beer from grocery store items, What do you think of making prison alcohol and making a vid, just cause I know u know alot about fermenting it would be cool to see your take on it

Thanks for the vidéo, I will try this one soon ! Since there is no alcool and no pasteurisation, I am wondering how long Can WE keep hop water before it starts to be not safe to drink ?

I always put a keg of seltzer on during the summer. The dry hop method seems too easy, I'm going to have to give it a go. Any thoughts on if this would be a good method to test out new hops?

do you use RO water?

The best I’ve made was kinda like a NA beer. Used the trub an wort at the end of a ipa brew day to make a 1.005 wort, us05, FG 1.000 spund, naturally carbed, hoppy, fresh delicious. I could dry hop it too, but haven’t tried yet.

I'll have to give this a try. I wonder how a version that was both steeped and dry hopped would compare?

With your final recipe, when you infuse the hops with water for 6 hours, is there an optimal temperature your water should be? I assume room temperature is probably the best for good extraction of flavours. If I don't have a carbonation keg, would a sodastream bottle and machine work to carbonate? Obvious you need to refrigerate the water first before carbonation, otherwise the gas won't dissolve well.