lazarus0530
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This is the first time I'm dry hopping. My lhbs told me to drop the hops in after about 3-4 days
Can I wait longer?
And how do I sanitize a cheese cloth?
Can I wait longer?
And how do I sanitize a cheese cloth?
BryceL said:I would wait at least a week to add the dry hops, but just make sure that fermentation is complete before adding them. I usually let my ales go for 3 weeks in primary, so I just decide how long I want to dry hop and back track from there. I usually dry hop for 7-10 days so I put them in after about 2 weeks in the fermenter. I soak the hop sack in starsan before dropping it in.
Well I keg...someone mentioned putting them in the keg? Does that work?
step said:My last dry hopping experience went such that I kegged, then added dry hops (in a bag), then purged the headspace and blasted with 30 psi and shook the heck out of it then left it for four days. Then I brought it back up to 25 psi and shook again (still at room temp), then put it in the keezer and left it at 12 psi with the bag of dry hops in the entire time (4 weeks of consumption) and thought it was one my better IPA experiences.
Just my 2¢
enkamania said:I've switched to dry hopping in a keg and it works great.
My last dry hopping experience went such that I kegged, then added dry hops (in a bag), then purged the headspace and blasted with 30 psi and shook the heck out of it then left it for four days. Then I brought it back up to 25 psi and shook again (still at room temp), then put it in the keezer and left it at 12 psi with the bag of dry hops in the entire time (4 weeks of consumption) and thought it was one my better IPA experiences.
Just my 2¢
Thanks for the idea! I am gonna dry hop my 60 min IPA soon. Think I'm try it in the keg!
Now I just need to brew a Two Hearted clone....
JohnnyShotgun said:Thanks for the idea! I am gonna dry hop my 60 min IPA soon. Think I'm try it in the keg!
Now I just need to brew a Two Hearted clone....
brewski08 said:for what it's worth, i recently dry hopped in my keg for the first time. at first, the aroma was so overpowering that i couldn't taste any of the malt. it tasted more like a hop-tea than beer.
however, after leaving it in the keg for awhile, the hop-tea perception has decreased significantly. i'm going to give it a couple of more days before i drink 'er.
good luck!
lazarus0530 said:Oh oh! It was bad uh?
brewski08 said:It was terrible at first; I even considered dumping it.
However, with the advice of this forum and my LHBS expert, I gave it a chance and let it sit. Now after a week, the hop aroma is really nice and the malt background has come through rather nicely.
I just wanted to let you know that in my experience, it tastes like tea at first. Don't freak out like I did. Give it a week for the hops to do their work.
Also, I would recommend double bagging it in the keg. I only used one nylon bag and I occasionally get tiny hop particles in my beer. Just a suggestion.
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