Homemade Hop Extracts
Hops are used to impart a variety of flavours in beer making... but can also flavour cooking and baking! Here’s how to make Homemade Hop Extracts!
Servings: 27 - 1 Cup
Calories: 41kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Good quality vodka
- 1 cup Fresh hops, gently rinsed OR
- ¾ cup Dry hop leaves OR
- 2 tablespoon Pellet Hops
Instructions
- Place hops of choice into a large, clean mason jar. Pour vodka over the hops, cap with a clean, tight fitting lid.
- Give the jar a good shake, store in a cool dark place. Shake the jar a couple times daily for about a week.
- After about a week, taste for doneness. You’re looking for a potent extract, much like vanilla or lemon extract. It’s not supposed to be drinkable!
- Once desired flavour strength is achieved, strain the extract. I like to strain the infusion first with a fine mesh strainer, then a second time through a coffee filter. I find this results in the cleanest, clearest finished extract.
- Bottle the strained extract into sanitized clear - ideally dark - bottles.
Notes
* Please note: While commercially available hop extracts are available, they are NOT the same as baking extracts. They have different chemical processes and ingredients applied to them - sometimes to force isomerization - where these are just a pure extraction.
Nutrition
Calories: 41kcal | Sodium: 1mg