Dry hopped vodka

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Dry hopped vodka

Postby peter01010101 » Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:49 pm

Just saw a post on Facebook advertising a Citra dry hopped vodka.
I imagine this would involve steeping hops in neutral spirit, just like dry hopping beer. Unlike dry hopping beer I wouldn't think you would leave the hops on the spirit for days. Has anyone tried this? I was planning on having a go tomorrow starting with 15g of Citra hops in 1L and check every 10 minutes or so. As you can see in the pic, the colour is very light - not green as i would have expected. Any suggestions?
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby Sam. » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:55 pm

Interesting concept :-B

I would imagine you would want to use absolute minimal amount of hops. Have you ever eaten a hop pellet on its own? :puke-huge:

I will leave my hops for beer personally :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby Fishws » Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:02 pm

I made something similar a few weeks ago, but ran a neutral through a Carter Head with botanical basket of hops. Mate of mine, who is a brewer loved it. I hated it though and will stick to hops in beer!

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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby warramungas » Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:25 pm

Cant see why not using some fresh (or dried) hop flowers. I'd watch it VERY closely though. Tasting regularly to get just a light hop flavour. I personally love the smell of fresh hops but the taste leaves a lot to be desired.
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby Lowie » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:12 pm

peter01010101 wrote:Just saw a post on Facebook advertising a Citra dry hopped vodka.
I imagine this would involve steeping hops in neutral spirit, just like dry hopping beer. Unlike dry hopping beer I wouldn't think you would leave the hops on the spirit for days. Has anyone tried this? I was planning on having a go tomorrow starting with 15g of Citra hops in 1L and check every 10 minutes or so. As you can see in the pic, the colour is very light - not green as i would have expected. Any suggestions?


How did this turn out Pete? I'm curious...
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby shortybronx88 » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:06 pm

Wonder how this would taste in a whiskey?
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby Sam. » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:19 pm

shortybronx88 wrote:Wonder how this would taste in a whiskey?


Shit.
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby wynnum1 » Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:49 am

Studies suggest that hops may help improve sleep quality..
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Re: Dry hopped vodka

Postby warramungas » Tue Jul 18, 2017 1:58 pm

wynnum1 wrote:Studies suggest that hops may help improve sleep quality..


Must be why a truckload of beer knocks me right out. :think: All those hops doing it.
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