Warpig75
Well-Known Member
8 days ago I made a blue star wheat beer clone (partial mash) and after a lot of reading on these forums I have a few questions:
1) I bought an extra ounce of cascade hops to dry hop my wheat beer but now im wondering: should I even dry hop it? Is a wheat beer a type of beer you actually dry hop?
2) Should I bother racking my wheat to a secondary? From what I've read you dont rack wheat beers to a secondary because they dont need to cleared.
3) How long should i let my wheat beer sit in the primary? I've read about the 1-2-3 tactic but many others have said they let their beer sit in the primary for weeks on end and then go straight to bottle/keg.
My plan was to rack to the secondary this weekend (only giving the primary a week), dry hop it for two weeks, and then bottle condition for 3. Now after all the reading I've done I dont know if Im coming or going. I know, I know, RDWHAHB but I guess Im just looking for some sound advice
1) I bought an extra ounce of cascade hops to dry hop my wheat beer but now im wondering: should I even dry hop it? Is a wheat beer a type of beer you actually dry hop?
2) Should I bother racking my wheat to a secondary? From what I've read you dont rack wheat beers to a secondary because they dont need to cleared.
3) How long should i let my wheat beer sit in the primary? I've read about the 1-2-3 tactic but many others have said they let their beer sit in the primary for weeks on end and then go straight to bottle/keg.
My plan was to rack to the secondary this weekend (only giving the primary a week), dry hop it for two weeks, and then bottle condition for 3. Now after all the reading I've done I dont know if Im coming or going. I know, I know, RDWHAHB but I guess Im just looking for some sound advice