I am fairly new to brewing - been doing it for about a year now. I just finished my 10th brew (2nd AG). During the process, I have been trying to achieve the intense hop aroma that some of my favorite craft beers have. I have tried late hop additions, dry hopping, and hop steeping at the end of the boil. For my first AG, I also switched to kegging, so I decided to dry hop in the keg. I put the hops in a bag and let the keg sit at ~68 deg F for about 4 days, then I moved the keg to the kegerator. I was sure that I was going to get good hop aroma this time. I pulled a pint last night and was disappointed with the hop aroma once again - almost none.
I am going to try to weight the hop bag and get it to sink tonight. I read somewhere that the hop oils tend to rise to the top?
I am not sure what else to do other than up the hop additions. I have read about the hop-back idea also - I might try that.
This last batch used a total of 7 oz of hops, 2 oz of which were steeped for 25 minutes after the boil, and 2 oz of which are currently in the keg for dry hopping.
I am going to try to weight the hop bag and get it to sink tonight. I read somewhere that the hop oils tend to rise to the top?
I am not sure what else to do other than up the hop additions. I have read about the hop-back idea also - I might try that.
This last batch used a total of 7 oz of hops, 2 oz of which were steeped for 25 minutes after the boil, and 2 oz of which are currently in the keg for dry hopping.