Since it’s 4/20...

[erockrph]

@BrewBama

@narcout

@hackrsackr

I was wondering if anyone knows if any hop extract producers are looking at producing any “live” extracts. Live meaning that it extracted from fresh or fresh frozen plant material. Instead of drying the plant material you either extract it immediately or freeze it until extraction.

I’m not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but morebeer carries distilled hop oil.

https://www.morebeer.com/products/distilled-hop-oil-chinook-1-ml.html

“Distilled hop oil is an amazing new product we are making available to homebrewers.  Distilled hop oil varies from other oils in that it is produced from fresh hops, as opposed to dried and processed pellets.  Distilled hop oil delivers the same wet hop character that was previously only possible to acquire with the use of freshly harvested hops.” (emphasis added)

This is interesting. It may solve the ‘how do I dry hop a beer after transfer to keg without exposing it to oxygen’ problem. Simply inject .5-1 ml per 5 gal thru the gas port.

I need to get around to assembling this. I have a luer-lok to 3/8" barb adapter that I picked up for just this application, but I just haven’t gotten around to trying it out yet.

IMO, this may be something more suited to a small hop producer being able to try out as a niche product rather than something a big producer like YCH would want to spend a disproportionate amount of time and energy on developing. If you have anly local hop producers that operate on smaller scales, reach out and put the bug in their ear.

[hackrsackr]

@erockrph

@BrewBama

@narcout

@hackrsackr

I was wondering if anyone knows if any hop extract producers are looking at producing any “live” extracts. Live meaning that it extracted from fresh or fresh frozen plant material. Instead of drying the plant material you either extract it immediately or freeze it until extraction.

I’m not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but morebeer carries distilled hop oil.

https://www.morebeer.com/products/distilled-hop-oil-chinook-1-ml.html

“Distilled hop oil is an amazing new product we are making available to homebrewers.  Distilled hop oil varies from other oils in that it is produced from fresh hops, as opposed to dried and processed pellets.  Distilled hop oil delivers the same wet hop character that was previously only possible to acquire with the use of freshly harvested hops.” (emphasis added)

This is interesting. It may solve the ‘how do I dry hop a beer after transfer to keg without exposing it to oxygen’ problem. Simply inject .5-1 ml per 5 gal thru the gas port.

I need to get around to assembling this. I have a luer-lok to 3/8" barb adapter that I picked up for just this application, but I just haven’t gotten around to trying it out yet.

IMO, this may be something more suited to a small hop producer being able to try out as a niche product rather than something a big producer like YCH would want to spend a disproportionate amount of time and energy on developing. If you have anly local hop producers that operate on smaller scales, reach out and put the bug in their ear.

I hear ya, and I agree either small hop producer or third party extraction specialist. It would definitely be a niche product initially until the efficacy was determined.

Unfortunately, I’m on the east coast, though. Hop product innovation and extraction technology seem to be very much West coast based by comparison. That’s why I brought the question to the forum; to see if there is anything on the horizon, either from hop farmers or from extract producers. Figured someone might have the inside dope.

They’ve been extracting terpenes from cannabis for quite a while now, Lagunitas has made a beer with them that I know of. You can buy extracted liquid terpenes (either single terpenes, or blends to match profiles of famous cannabis strains) right now that can be injected inline. I haven’t played around with them yet (still in lager mode). They can do the same thing with hops (and extract non-decarboxylated compounds that are decarboxylated in the drying and curing processes). Just hoping to see some similar innovation in the hop market. They could even create blends of terpene profiles that are not currently producible from single hop varietals.

EDIT: rant removal…