Goldback52
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I am ready to dry hop my first batch and have. A question should I put the hops and a bag with a weight or is that not worth it. Also do I stir it at all??
twistr25 said:What kind of hops, pellet or leaf? I would not stir, don't want to risk aeration.
I don't usually use bags for dryhopping, but if I do I don't weigh them down. The beer permeates the hops just fine, so you don't have to worry about it. Be careful not to oxidize the beer, no matter which way you do it, so do not stir or splash when you add the dryhops.
MTate37 said:I'm also noticing alot of particles moving around in the beer...some going up and some going down. Is this due to yeast action our some other force of beer that I am not aware of? I plan to dryhop for two weeks, so will all these particles fall out before I bottle next weekend?
I just dryhopped for the first time last weekend. What I read said to rack on top of the hops so I dumped my pellets in with no bags and racked. Now I've got a nice thick sludge of hops on top of my beer. Is this right? Should the hops maintain pellet form or fall apart?
I'm also noticing alot of particles moving around in the beer...some going up and some going down. Is this due to yeast action our some other force of beer that I am not aware of? I plan to dryhop for two weeks, so will all these particles fall out before I bottle next weekend?
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