dry hopping and amount of hops

Tobyone · Sep 21, 2010

So i'm a confessed hop-head and I will be dry hopping my current fermenting brew in a few weeks. In a 6 gallon batch will 1oz. of cascade hop pellets be to much or not enough? sierra nevada, sweetwater 420 and the IPA are my current favorites. I would rather have to much (within reason) than not enough. Thoughts and opinions please

android · Sep 21, 2010

i would go with 2oz personally. i've found that 1 adds a nice dimension, but not nearly enough to make me say "damn, that smells good."

Tobyone · Sep 21, 2010

sounds great. thanks!

humann_brewing · Sep 21, 2010

yep, I would say 2oz for an APA and 3-4oz for an IPA

BrewNow · Sep 21, 2010

I've got 1.5 oz in a 3 gallon batch of IPA. Suits me fine and I'm a hophead.

pericles · Sep 22, 2010

I usually find that more than two ounces for dry hopping leaves a grassy taste in the beer.

shortyjacobs · Sep 22, 2010

I usually stick to ~2 oz for my IPAs, but will bump it up if I'm feeling crazy. Max i've gone is 4, and it's been great too....I think you get diminishing returns at some point though.

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