Pointless to dry hop if aging?
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snipper_cr
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The hop properties will indeed mellow out overtime and not be super IPAish, but I don't think it would be totally pointless. You may want to add more hops than normal because they will mellow out. But be gone completely? I don't think so.
stevedasleeve
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It is a good question and I have wondered the same. These days I don't dry hop anything that I intend to age for more than a month or so. I feel like late hop additions in the boil last a little longer than dry hop aroma but I don't really know, I am a sample of one which is not terribly definitive!
skyebrewing
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If you bulk age and remove the oak when the taste is where you want it, you can dry hop then and bottle. Get the oak and fresh hop taste.
redalert
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Why not dry hop when you're 2-3 weeks from opening the bottle? Opening the bottle and dropping a few pellets in won't affect the carbonation as long as you reseal the bottle.
devilishprune
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I would say bulk age with oak, and then a week or two before bottling add your dry hops.
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