Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

Like DFH does with their IPAs, does anyone do continuous hopping? Was thinking if it was worth it I might build a continuous hopper device but not sure if its worth the effort or not. Anyone out there have some experience doing it, if so do you have any input?

thanks
Matt

I'd do it if I thought there was any benefit to it. As it is I get what I want from staggered additions and whirlpool hopping.

I agree with Steven. I don't add very many hops during the boil anymore for hoppy beers. Most of my additions are in a whirlpool.

Thanks for the replies guys!

The last few years I've been doing more late hopping and whirlpool hopping as well.

I did make a 90 minute clone about 5 years ago, that turned out quite well. I didn't have a mechanical means to hop continuously, so I added hops once a minute for 90 minutes. I think I had 10 little plastic cups that I weighed each hop addition into, and keeping up with the weighing was the biggest issue with the process. It was tedious, but I enjoyed the results.