Dry hopping with pellets - crush first ?

[Brewer3401]

Thinking of pulverizing my pellet hops before dry hopping.

Anyone have any thoughts on doing this ?

 

[samc]

No point, they disintegrate all by themselves.

 

[kh54s10]

+1
I have only used pellet hops and they seem to fall apart immediately upon hitting the liquid

 

[tcory77]

Don't over think it. Just dump them in. As mentioned, they fall apart themselves really fast.

 

[cruckin78]

Don't over think it. Just dump them in. As mentioned, they fall apart themselves really fast.

That seems to be what happens most in this hobby, we over think everything. Before you know it, your running a crazy 5 tier automated system that cost you 5 grand!

Just drop 'em in and enjoy the hoppy goodness!

 

[Brewer3401]

Thanks to all for the thoughts.

Yes, they do blow up when they get wet

 

[day_trippr]

Thanks to all for the thoughts.

Yes, they do blow up when they get wet

And a few hours later they form a nice thick layer of pellet mush on top of your beer. Give 'em a week or so to swim free, then a few days of crash cooling and they'll all end up on the bottom out of the way...

Cheers!