adding dry hops after carbonating keg
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Yes, but you have to be careful. If the beer is already carbonated, adding pellet hops in a bag will cause it to foam excessively. Bag it up with some sanitzed marbles and drop it in. Then close it up fast.
Stauffbier
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I've done it. As Cbaddad mentioned, do it as fast as possible before it foams up.
One thing I will say is dry hopping in a carbonated keg (especially if it's cold) will take a while before you notice the difference. When I've done it I noticed as much as 1-2 weeks before I got any change in aroma/flavor.
One thing I will say is dry hopping in a carbonated keg (especially if it's cold) will take a while before you notice the difference. When I've done it I noticed as much as 1-2 weeks before I got any change in aroma/flavor.
2B_Brewing
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I thought about doing that before but then I read somewhere on here about using hop pellets in a french press to make a "hop tea" and I think it turned out amazing.
Stauffbier
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That does work, but you don't get anywhere near the same intensity of aroma or flavor as you do with adding the hops directly to the beer.
2B_Brewing
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I've only done it once and 1 ounce of Simcoe "hop tea" into 4 gallons completely changed the beer. It added enough intensity and aroma to a kinda plain and boring IPA, so I could only imagine what adding it to the beer would have done.
