{"id":4077,"date":"2012-02-12T22:28:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T03:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2012-02-28T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:25:28","slug":"theres-a-rock-in-my-hops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/theres-a-rock-in-my-hops\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a Rock in my Hops!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After some fun bike riding I got to brewing another batch of beer; a slight variant on a blonde ale referred to by Cap N Cork<\/a> as Vegas Gold. This was to have 2 oz of Sterling Leaf Hops in it (these are from LD Carlson<\/a>), but while measuring them out into two mugs there was a bang of something hard falling into one of the containers.<\/p>\n

Reaching into the hops I found this rock, which per my kitchen scale has a mass of ~10g. I thought that one of this bag of hops seemed a bit small, but I figured it was just a little more compact than usual. Since it constituted a bit more than one third of a bag the finishing and aroma additions were a bit short, but I’m sure the beer will be fine. And now I have a hop-encrusted rock!<\/p>\n

(Thankfully this was in the bag that I’d been measuring out and not the one that got dumped right into the kettle. While I don’t think the rock is particularly dirty I’m glad it didn’t get boiled in case something odd might have come off or out of it.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> I’d emailed this post to LD Carlson<\/a>, and a very friendly person there contacted me and ended up sending me some replacement hops which I used in my next batch of beer. Interestingly, they no longer stocked Sterling Leaf Hops, so the ones that I purchased must have been pretty old. Hopefully it won’t mess with the flavor of the beer. Maybe I should stick to pelletized stuff for now on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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