erockomania
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I don't keg right now and I have no access to CO2 to purge the carboys... how do you minimize the possibility of oxidation when dry hopping for, say, a IIPA?
I don't keg right now and I have no access to CO2 to purge the carboys... how do you minimize the possibility of oxidation when dry hopping for, say, a IIPA?
When I put the hops in, I put them in gently and don't splash. That's about it.
When I put the hops in, I put them in gently and don't splash. That's about it.
That's what I do as well, and I've never noticed any oxidation in my dry hopped beers. I've probably only dry hopped about 8 times.
1. Slowly pick up 1 pellet.
2. Very gently place the pellet onto the surface of the beer.
3. Release the pellet.
4. Repeat until you have no more pellets.
It only takes 15 minutes per ounce.
OR
You could just RDWHAHB and just dump them in.
I don't keg right now and I have no access to CO2 to purge the carboys...
It sounds like most folks are still forgetting that co2 is heavier than o2. The o2 will not displace the co2. At the most just be absorbed by the co2 along the way. Just gently drop the bagged pellets/whole leaf hops in & close it up. Just walk away clean for a week.
Well,I did get A's in the living sciences. May not remember the tech terms as well anymore,but your sarcasm will be excepted as props. Then why does co2 sink & o2 will rise? They do not diffuse immediately. Not a very technical explanation, But you're a little off. If what you say were true,the upper troposphere would have as much oxygen/nitrogen,etc that the stratosphere does. They have differing gravities,just as liquids & solids do.
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