Dry Hopping a Barleywine

[hal simmons]

I'm fermenting a Bigfoot Barleywine clone which calls for dry hopping. I'm planning on racking to a secondary after fermentation is finished and letting it sit for 1-2 months. I'm going to dry hop in the secondary, but what's the best time? Should I wait till 5-10 days before bottling and dry hop it then? After secondary it's going into bottles and then into storage for a while.

 

[TexLaw]

Yes, wait until close to bottling time and dry hop then.


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[Beerthoven]

I haven't made a barley wine yet, but I think you'd get better, longer lasting aroma if you dry hopped for 14 days or more. 5 - 10 days seems a bit short for a beer that's going to be aged for some time.

 

[SRFeldman79]

age the beer, dry hop for 2 weeks, then bottle it.