Hi folks, Sunday the 25th, a buddy and I brewed the NB Furious clone recipe (extract), found here:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/Furious_Pro_Surly.pdf
I've got about 6 batches under my belt, so I wanted to throw a question out to you all. The instructions say to ferment in primary for 1-2 weeks, then secondary 1-2 weeks (no dry hops), then dry hop 1-2 weeks. I know these are general guidelines, as you are supposed to wait until you reach FG before transferring. Our OG came up at 1.047, and were stumped why it was so low. We aerated it very well after topping off to 5 gallons in the carboy, but we did take the sample from the top, so that may be the cause.
Based on the holidays coming up, we wanted to be bottling on Saturday, December 22nd before we head out of town. Finally, to the question:
If I follow the instructions, then after two weeks in the primary, we'll transfer to the secondary for one week (no hops), then add dry hops (8.5 oz!!!) for another week. That is option 1.
Option 2:
Leave in primary for an additional week (3 total), transfer to secondary and dry hop for 1 week before bottling, skipping the conditioning phase in the secondary before dry hopping.
Option 3:
Leave in primary for 2.5 weeks total, transfer to secondary and dry hop for 10 days before bottling, skipping the conditioning phase in the secondary before dry hopping.
Basically, I'm just wondering if that "conditioning" stage in the secondary is necessary before adding the dry hops. Also wondering about 7 versus 10 days of dry hops. Again...kind of constrained by the holiday schedule.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/Furious_Pro_Surly.pdf
I've got about 6 batches under my belt, so I wanted to throw a question out to you all. The instructions say to ferment in primary for 1-2 weeks, then secondary 1-2 weeks (no dry hops), then dry hop 1-2 weeks. I know these are general guidelines, as you are supposed to wait until you reach FG before transferring. Our OG came up at 1.047, and were stumped why it was so low. We aerated it very well after topping off to 5 gallons in the carboy, but we did take the sample from the top, so that may be the cause.
Based on the holidays coming up, we wanted to be bottling on Saturday, December 22nd before we head out of town. Finally, to the question:
If I follow the instructions, then after two weeks in the primary, we'll transfer to the secondary for one week (no hops), then add dry hops (8.5 oz!!!) for another week. That is option 1.
Option 2:
Leave in primary for an additional week (3 total), transfer to secondary and dry hop for 1 week before bottling, skipping the conditioning phase in the secondary before dry hopping.
Option 3:
Leave in primary for 2.5 weeks total, transfer to secondary and dry hop for 10 days before bottling, skipping the conditioning phase in the secondary before dry hopping.
Basically, I'm just wondering if that "conditioning" stage in the secondary is necessary before adding the dry hops. Also wondering about 7 versus 10 days of dry hops. Again...kind of constrained by the holiday schedule.