Finishing up my IPA

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RonRock

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Need a little advice. I did an IPA, fermented 1 week @ 68* F. Then dropped the temp to 50* F for a little clearing time. Today I drained the trub from the conical and put in my Dry Hops. I figure on a 2 week dry hop then keg.

Should I drop the temp now while dry hopping? Or leave it at 50* until I rack to kegs?

I did remember the Irish Moss, and the sample is very clear. And tastes great.
 
What yeast did you use? 50* seems pretty low to me for an IPA. I normally keep mine at 63ish for 3 weeks and dry hop for another week at the same temp. I don't bother to cold crash for clearing purposes but if I did I would do it after all this is done.
 
Not sure what thread but read dry hopping at lower temps will help the dry hop effect over the long term. Going to experiment with my next batch.
 
Good yeast. Pretty much the only one I use.

I still don't understand why you lowered the temp. What were you trying to achieve?
 
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