Questions about Dry Hopping.

I posted this before but nobody seems to want to touch it! Perhaps my title threw people off a little. I figured I would give this post another shot.

So I just brewed an Alpha King clone last night. I had to substitute a few things so I'm not really concerned about it tasting like the real thing.

It calls for .5 oz. Warrior and .5 oz. of centennial for dry hopping. I was thinking about adding some Amarillo but I don't know how much. You think Amarillo would be good? Do you think I should mess with it or will the ounce of hops be enough for a good aroma?

Also, How long should I let this sit in primary before moving it? I usually Primary for three weeks and then bottle. This is my first time dry hopping.

I love Alpha king but I REALLY love the aroma of Dreadnaught IIPA. Any Dreadnaught lovers out there? :rockin:

Would it be overkill to give this thing a real huge mango, peach, citrus, hoppy nose?

I just want to give this beer a great aroma. I don't want to ruin it though.

Any recommendations on what I could add to this dry hopping schedule? Keep in mind, I don't want to spend a ton of money on this. Maybe add another 2 ounces at most. That would be a total of 3 ounces for Dry hop.

If it helps, here is the recipe I Brewed up:

1/4 lbs. Crystal 80L
.5 lbs. Dingemans Cara 20 Malt (Lovibond 20)

7 lbs. Light DME

1 oz. Columbus @ 60 minutes
.5 oz. Warrior @ 30 minutes
1 teaspoon Irish moss @ 15 minutes
1 oz. Centennial @ 5 minutes

.5 oz. Warrior DRY HOP
.5 oz. Centennial DRY HOP

Safale us-05 yeast

I won't be dry hopping for a few weeks so any advice appreciated! Thanks!

Listen to this podcast... at the end is a lecture by Vinnie of Russian River on how he dry hops... I learned quite a bit from it and have gone back and listened to it several times.

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/sh...ssion-06-26-05-First-Russian-River-Appearance

I think Amarillo hops would work well and impart a nice cinnamon and herbal aroma to your beer. I have used them before and had good results. Because you are using three types of hops for the dry hopping, I think you will have a broad and balanced aroma, so I wouldn't worry about it getting too strong or powerful.

When I dry hop my IPAs I've typically added 2 ounces of leaf (not pellet) hops to the secondary, let it sit for 2 weeks, then transferred the beer (without the hops) to a tertiary to let flavors develop and mellow. This method produces a subtle but present hop character. 3 ounces for 3 weeks will be stronger but probably fine, I don't think it will ruin your beer. You might know this already, but it's best to wait for the vigorous fermentation to subside before adding the hops. Happy Brewing.

Cheers

Thanks guys!