On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 04:23:49PM -0500, Thomas Eibner wrote: > I read something about this somewhere (hah) and I think the discussion > went on wheter or not you actually get as much hop extraction when you > just boil it in plain water without any sugars. Have you found anyone > else that has done it before with good hop extraction?
I seem to recall (must have read somewhere) that the sugar concentration in the wort should reduce the hop extraction, so that boiling in plain water ought to give a bit more bitterness. Also, some old Danish receipies mention boiling the hops in water... But no, I do not have any hard facts at hand. -H -- Heikki Levanto LSD - Levanto Software Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
