Brew_Meister
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I just brewed this SNPA clone recipe from BYO yesterday:
8 oz. caramel malt, 30° Lovibond
6 oz. DeWolf-Cosyns cara-pils malt
6 lbs. light malt syrup
1.5 oz. Perle hops (8.2% alpha acid) for 60 min.
2.5 oz. Cascade hops (5.4% alpha acid): 1 oz. for 15 min., 1 oz. for 5 min., 0.5 oz. pellets (dry hopping).
Wyeast 1056 (American ale)
It is in the primary right now for about 24 hours and it is bubbling away. The recipie calls for dry .5 oz Cascade hop pellets at secondary. My question is should I put these in a hop bag or just toss into the secondary during racking? Do I need to sanitize them somehow or should the alcohol in the brew keep nasties away? Also, has anyone had any experience with dry hopping using pellets vs. whole hops?
On a side note... I tasted this before closing the lid on the fermenter and it tastes great... very hoppy. :rockin:
Thanks
8 oz. caramel malt, 30° Lovibond
6 oz. DeWolf-Cosyns cara-pils malt
6 lbs. light malt syrup
1.5 oz. Perle hops (8.2% alpha acid) for 60 min.
2.5 oz. Cascade hops (5.4% alpha acid): 1 oz. for 15 min., 1 oz. for 5 min., 0.5 oz. pellets (dry hopping).
Wyeast 1056 (American ale)
It is in the primary right now for about 24 hours and it is bubbling away. The recipie calls for dry .5 oz Cascade hop pellets at secondary. My question is should I put these in a hop bag or just toss into the secondary during racking? Do I need to sanitize them somehow or should the alcohol in the brew keep nasties away? Also, has anyone had any experience with dry hopping using pellets vs. whole hops?
On a side note... I tasted this before closing the lid on the fermenter and it tastes great... very hoppy. :rockin:
Thanks