Comment on Whizzing up some Centennial Incognito
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Looks like totally industrial process oriented stuff. Extracting all the relevant components from hops in an adequate ratio is no simple task, and end user loses the ability to alter this step. Not that many of us take super careful attention to it, but then does the manufacturer of this fluid?
I can see from your experience that manufacturers claim about easy solubility is either exaggerated or misleading. Footprint considerations are also somewhat weird, there is a huge plastic tank compared to thin vacuum wrap for typical products, and waste on technologically adequate extraction is usually enormous.
And my biggest question is - what is the carrier material? Surely pure alpha acid would have to be admitted with a pipet, even if it was shippable like that. So what is that solvent? Looks like malt extract.
I guess storage time should be lower than with pellets or frozen cones. I don’t see anyone brewing less than a few cubic meters a month using it realistically. But it’s awesome to know someone is trying to walk this path. I’m curious how it will end, please post the result!
Naich@lemmings.world 1 week ago
I’ve had a stinking cold for a week, so there wasn’t any point in tasting it until now, but I think it’s come out quite well. The other hops I used were quite old, so I wanted to see if the extract would give it a bit of a boost, which it did without being too overpowering.
I bought the extract in a 16g sachet and used a set of precision scales to measure out 4g for this 19L brew. That seems to be the sweet spot for “brightening” the flavour and aroma without clobbering the rest of the hops.
themaltmiller.co.uk/…/incognito-centennial-15g/