I'm new to all this, I was just wondering if this was advisable to boil additional hops in sterilized water @ various lengths, cool them and then add them to 9 day-old beer which was just moved to a secondary fermentor.
I realize that this should of been done when initially boiling the wort, but I followed the directions on my first brew, an extract IPA kit to a T. After reading up on the different hop varieties I want to add 2-3 more hop varieties to it to mix things up.
I realize you could dry-hop, but I was just curious to see if this was a possible alternative that would achieve different results than dry-hopping (though at risk of infecting/oxidizing the beer).
I realize that this should of been done when initially boiling the wort, but I followed the directions on my first brew, an extract IPA kit to a T. After reading up on the different hop varieties I want to add 2-3 more hop varieties to it to mix things up.
I realize you could dry-hop, but I was just curious to see if this was a possible alternative that would achieve different results than dry-hopping (though at risk of infecting/oxidizing the beer).