Wet Hop Cascade Recipe Help

Beer Recipe Design
1

I have looked around quite a bit and have not found what I am looking for so I will pose the topic here. I am looking for a mostly Cascade wet hop recipe in the IPA or Pale Ale category. I made one last year and it was good but missed the mark and was just a bit grassy.

Last years rough from memory recipe:

~12# 2-row
~1# Crystal 60
~1 oz Cascade pellets at 60 min
~4# (yes pounds) Wet Cascades dribbled in from the 30-60 mark.
Mash ~148F
WLP001 with starter

I want the home hops to show through in the beer and I had thought it would be super hoppy, but it was not. It was a very good beer but I am hoping others with experience can offer better methods or recipes. I want to use the entirety of the Cascade harvest in 1 five gallon batch. Thanks for looking and the help.

2

If you don’t want it to be grassy you’ll need to dry the hops first. They’re still alive and will work through some of the chlorophyll during the drying process.

3

4 lbs. of any hop in one five gallon batch is bound to be grassy. Any special reason to use them all at once?

4

My guess is that if you throw them in during the last 10 minutes or less, you will be less likely to get the grassy flavor. Less time to extract flavors.