Tyler.W
Well-Known Member
Right now I use fermentation CO2 to purge my Star San filled serving keg which allows me to do low oxygen transfers. Currently when I dry hop, I do it loose in primary and when I transfer from primary to keg I use an inline filter to catch the large hop particles. Everything so far has been working well, but I now have floating dip tubes (with filters) that will also allow me to dry hop in the keg (double dry hopping).
My question is: Do you think it would be detrimental to the hop aroma/flavor to throw in the keg hops after it has been purged of Star-San? I think at the max the hops would be sitting outside of the beer for a week.
The reason I would like to do this is to allow the remainder or fermentation to purge most of the oxygen out of the keg that was introduced during the keg hop addition. I think that sitting in a container of mostly CO2 would be relatively safe for the hops, and based on Scott Janis’s book this time sitting out could lessen the “green” flavors while enhancing the fruitiness of the hops.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Any other suggestions for dry hopping in the keg and avoiding oxygen as much as possible?
My question is: Do you think it would be detrimental to the hop aroma/flavor to throw in the keg hops after it has been purged of Star-San? I think at the max the hops would be sitting outside of the beer for a week.
The reason I would like to do this is to allow the remainder or fermentation to purge most of the oxygen out of the keg that was introduced during the keg hop addition. I think that sitting in a container of mostly CO2 would be relatively safe for the hops, and based on Scott Janis’s book this time sitting out could lessen the “green” flavors while enhancing the fruitiness of the hops.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Any other suggestions for dry hopping in the keg and avoiding oxygen as much as possible?