waddsworth

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So I have a 1.086 DIPA pitched on 1/1/2012. I racked it to secondary on 1/19 and dry hopped it tonight with 1 oz. Amarillo and 1 oz. Simcoe. Minutes after dumping the hops in the beer started going crazy. The hop particles and even whole pellets were flying around in the beer like a full-on primary fermentation. Then the hop krausen rose up and started working through the airlock. WTF?

Anyone see this before?

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pabloj13

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Hop particles providing nucleation sites for CO2 bubbles to come out of solution. That's all.

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houndsbreath

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I've noticed similar activity after racking onto pellet hops for dry hopping. My gravity was 1.011 before racking onto hops.
What was your gravity before racking?
Pelletized hops or whole leaf?

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pabloj13

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It has nothing to do with the gravity. It's just CO2.

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fixitoscar

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exactly. You don't realize it but there is co2 in your beer after a ferment. even if its not under pressure. the hops provide a way for it to leave the solution.

waddsworth

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OK, thanks guys! Is there anything I can do to avoid this? Like, if I just add, say, 1/2 oz at first will that knock all of the co2 out of solution?

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Primary: Black IPA, Hop Smash DIPA
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Kegged: Russian Breakfast Stout, Super Galena DIPA
Bottled: Dark Water RIS, 2010 Cider
2011 Gallons: 120 Gone but not forgotten: I Was a Teenage Ponger, High 5 IPA, Last Minute IPA, Skull Paint IPA, Dreadnaught clone, Calypso, Seconds Be Fast, Impaler, Double Impaler, Saint Sinister IPA, Gobbler IPA

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I would think adding them slowly over the course of a few minutes would help. Less nucleation sites = less violent release of gas.

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RIP Falconer's Flight IPA 12/17/11

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