Floral additions

[Leslie.Shore]

Hi, everyone:

I'm looking for specific numbers regarding floral additions in brewing.
I've experimented on casks, but am wondering if anyone has any hard data on dosage rates in the whirlpool or dry hopping, and which is preferred for maximum flavor.
I recall a thread about hibiscus from years back, but never resulted in specific data.
We will be using hibiscus in a 5BBL batch.

Thanks so much-

Leslie Shore
Reuben's Brews
Seattle

[FourSonsBrewing]

Hi, everyone:

I'm looking for specific numbers regarding floral additions in brewing.
I've experimented on casks, but am wondering if anyone has any hard data on dosage rates in the whirlpool or dry hopping, and which is preferred for maximum flavor.
I recall a thread about hibiscus from years back, but never resulted in specific data.
We will be using hibiscus in a 5BBL batch.

Thanks so much-

Leslie Shore
Reuben's Brews
Seattle

We use hibiscus in a blonde as a dry hop. We use it for color more for flavor, but use 1#/BBL to get a nice pink hue.

[Junkyard]

Floral additions will vary greatly depending on the intensity of the flower and the beer you are putting them in. We used lemongrass In a sour and only had to use ~4 oz per bbl in the whirlpool.

I've also done a couple hibiscus sours and we did about 1.5 lbs per bbl in the fermenter for a definite cranberry like hibiscus flavor and A deep brilliant red color.