No worries, I'm a noob. So if I'm going to dry hop it would I just pop open the bucket after fermentation is complete and toss the hops in and seal it back up? Do I need to scoop the krausen off before dry hoping?I'm assuming you are a relatively new brewer. Forgive me if I'm wrong. You'll get some brewers who say otherwise, but many of us do not rack to secondary unless there is a really good reason to do so, such as you're racking onto fruit or wood chips, or for long term bulk storage. Transferring your beer introduces opportunities for infection as well as oxidation, especially with beginners. Leaving your beer on the yeast cake for 2-3 weeks presents the yeast with a chance to clean up any off flavors with no material downside that I'm aware of.
I just brewed this recipe on Sat Feb 7. On Feb 14 I started dry hopping half the amount for four days, then I'll take it out and put the other half in for four more days on Wednesday. I'm bottling next Sunday after 15 days total in primary.