Halaster

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How long should you leave hops in during dry hopping? Is there a general rule that they should only be in there a week or two? What happens if you leave them in there for three or four weeks in the secondary?

polecreek

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I just looked it up in the brew wikki. It says leave for a week or two and since your not boiling it ,it doesnt bitter the beer any. I assume its more of an aorma thing.

Yooper

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I find that with some hops, a week to 10 days of dryhopping gives great aroma and flavor. Longer isn't necessarily better- I've heard that you can get a "grassy" flavor from leaving some too long. That hasn't been my experience, but what I like to do is to leave them a week or so then taste. If more hops are needed, remove the old hops and add fresh. After a week, you're not going to get any more flavor and aroma out of the dryhops anyway.

I have dryhopped in the keg, when I needed more hops flavor and aroma. I think it can stay in there a bit longer, because of the cold temperatures.

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polecreek

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thanks for the help Yooper, and your welcome for the signature. By the way my Avalanche jersey is way cooler.

Yooper

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Yeah, but the Wings jersey comes with the Stanley cup.

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wildwest450

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Oh snap, that was sweet!

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Curtman

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Go wings! The greatest sport team on Earth!!!

BullF-16

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I have dryhopped a few times now in the seconday (carboy). I use leaf hops and am tired of leaving about a half gallon behind.

I was thinking about adding a hops bag with hops to the primary after about 10 days, after fermentation is complete. Then after about a week, rack to the carboy for about 10 days without hops then keg. This seems like it would make transfer much easier and efficient.

Would this work

vespa2t

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I havent dry hopped in a bag, but supposedly doesnt work as good as just letting them float about in the secondary.

BTW, it works nice to add your hops to some 150 deg water (just a small amount) to make a sort of hop emulsion, then add that to the secondary, and then rack on top of it. You will notice a difference right away while filling it vs. not doing that. It releases the tasty oils easier.

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mkade

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There's definitely not a consensus on the best way to dry hop. There are a lot of opinions on what is long enough, too long, etc. Brewstrong did a good podcast on dry hopping with Tasty McDole. Check it out.

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