PseudoChef
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Awesome, thanks for the info.
WLP001.
Last time around it was more C40, more dextrose, same amount of Carapils, higher mash temp, and better attenuation. US05 has always attenuated a little better than 001/1056 for me. As such, it's not as flocculent.
I think just moving back to 1.33lbs of Dextrose would get the job done, but hey, every fermentation is a snowflake.
Lately (for me at least), the flocculation has gotten really poor, and I like clear beer, so I've switched to 001.
What eBay auction did you find the syringes at?
scottland said:Couple quick updates. I racked to secondary on Thursday. I'm playing around with one of those dry-hoppers from Stainless Brewing. Pretty cool. Anyway, I cleaned and sanitized it, put the hops in, and tossed it in keg, then gassed the keg from the liquid out post for awhile. Then i racked the beer over. There should have been pretty minimal O2 pickup, if any.
I took a sample today, it's tasting right on target. Third round of dry hops go in tomorrow, and the final dose on Friday. I'm getting exciting.
Are you using that dry hopper to dry hop in a keg? Are you suspending it halfway in somehow? The pics on stainless brewing make it seem like it is suspended somehow, but I was wondering if that is included (or even needed).
scottland said:Yes, and no.
It's much longer than you think. It's about 7/8ths the total length of the keg. You could fit like 20 lbs of hops inside of it if you wanted.
It's long enough, that you can fish it out of the keg with the little hook it comes with when it's resting on the bottom of the keg.
Does that make sense?
Totally. Think I may have to pick one up.
I am having weird off favors in beers I secondary (to dry hop), which I think is oxidation. Dry hopping with this in my keg will let me purge with co2 to try and eliminate this as a problem area.
When you fish it out, do you let it drip dry into the keg for a minute or two, or should I just send it straight to the sink?
But, it seems that the aroma imparted should be a function of hop type, hop volume, time of exposure, and area of exposure.
The only difference between multistage hopping and single stage hopping is the area of exposure is increased with multistage hopping.
The best type of bags are the larger, fine mesh drawstring bags that you can tie to the neck of the carboy for ease of removal.
How would you recommend keeping the carboy sealed with a string coming out of the mouth? Do you just force the stopper back in around the string, or do you use a different airlock setup in this scenario? Would something fine like thread or fishing line work best?
Hey scottland, maybe I didn't see it above. What was the total cost approximately for your 5 gal PTY batch? I know my totals for PTE come out to between $50 - $53 depending on current grain/hop costs. I'm doing another batch of PTE this weekend!
Also, when maximum recommended dry-hop rates are discussed above (e.g. 0.5 lbs/bbl), is this the maximum amount of total dry hops that should be used, or is this the maximum amount that should be used per hop addition?
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