HyperBoost Your Beer with Cinderlands

Brewing with Flowable Extracts and Other Advanced Hop Products

In this free video course supported by Yakima Chief Hops, Paul Schneider, cofounder and head brewer of Pittsburgh’s Cinderlands Beer, details their flavor-focused approach to R&D and taking full advantage of advanced hop products.

This requires a free account to view. Log in or sign up today to access free content.

Login Watch Trailer

Sponsored by Yakima Chief Hops, this video course is free to brewers everywhere.

Pittsburgh’s Cinderlands Beer is a local brewery at the cutting edge, with cofounder and head brewer Paul Schneider leading a program focused on flavor science and R&D, analyzing and iterating for beers and other beverages that meet consumer demand as well their own exacting standards. When it comes to IPAs and other hop-forward beers, that program includes the use of advanced hop products to effectively and efficiently pack in more aroma and flavor.

In this video course, Schneider lays out their methodical approach to using those hop products, including Yakima Chief’s new HyperBoost. Along the way, he covers:

  • how and why Cinderlands pursues greater hop saturation and efficiency
  • dialing in usage rates and layering with other hop products
  • what the team learned from experimenting with HyperBoost
  • the value of bench testing and careful carbonation to optimize and preserve hop aroma
  • specific examples of developing an imperial hazy IPA and a hop water that both include HyperBoost in the mix

And more.

Featuring:

  • Paul Schneider

    • Sponsors:

Lessons

1. Meet Paul Schneider and Cinderlands

Welcome to the course! Here’s an introduction to Paul Schneider’s background and to Cinderlands Beer, with the context of how they value advanced hop products for bold, hop-saturated beers as much as they do for efficiency and keeping costs down.

2. Why HyperBoost?

Paul explains how Cinderlands came to test HyperBoost as part of its openness to new products and techniques, and in the pursuit of greater hop saturation and efficiency.

3. Efficiency, Dosage, and Layering Hop Products

Paul lays out the typical HyperBoost dosage compared to T-90 pellets, illustrating how it can boost brewery efficiency—promoting aroma without losing wort to plant matter.

4. Hop Waters and a Mosaic-Focused Experimental Beer

The UHD series—Ultra Hop Defintion—gives the Cinderlands team a chance to experiment with different hops and hop products. Paul explains how they used HyperBoost in UHD Test Piece: Mosaic, and what they learned from the beer.

5. The Value of Bench Trials and a Careful Carbonation Process

You spend a lot of time, effort, and money getting the best aroma possible, so make sure your process doesn’t waste it.

6. The Example of Super Squish

To illustrate how HyperBoost and other hop products can help you achieve your goals, Paul details how it fits along with T-90, Cryo, and DynaBoost in their imperial hazy IPA.

7. The Hop Water Example: Cinderlands Hop Run

Hop-flavored sparkling waters are a growing trend, and advanced hop products such as HyperBoost can play a useful role in those formulations.

8. Final Thoughts and Thank You

Keep testing! Try out HyperBoost and other products to find out what works best for you and your brewery.