Hi,
I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped for the first time. It calls for a seven-ounce pellet hop addition in the primary on day one, and a three-ounce addition on day six.
When I added the first addition on day one, it was during high krausen, so I dumped the hops on top of the foam. I just added the second addition, and as you can see by the picture, I have a layer of hops across the entire top of the fermenter, and the new hops are just laying on top of the older hops.
Is this normal? Will the new addition eventually merge with the other hops, or do I need to (gently) stir them in or something? This is the first time I've added hops, or anything else, to the primary, so I'm not sure what to expect. For some reason I assumed the loose hops would eventually sink to the bottom.
Thank you very much for your help!
I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped for the first time. It calls for a seven-ounce pellet hop addition in the primary on day one, and a three-ounce addition on day six.
When I added the first addition on day one, it was during high krausen, so I dumped the hops on top of the foam. I just added the second addition, and as you can see by the picture, I have a layer of hops across the entire top of the fermenter, and the new hops are just laying on top of the older hops.
Is this normal? Will the new addition eventually merge with the other hops, or do I need to (gently) stir them in or something? This is the first time I've added hops, or anything else, to the primary, so I'm not sure what to expect. For some reason I assumed the loose hops would eventually sink to the bottom.
Thank you very much for your help!