Pretty easy question, but I've had mixed results.
I'm brewing a lighter amber (or darker pale, whichever), and I have a good amount of cascade leftover that is going to sit in the freezer for awhile, so I'm debating tossing in a dry hop. I made some tasty 1G ales early this year, with a small dry hop. They drank quick and easy. When I scaled the recipe up, I had horrible results, with quick oxidation taking over. My gut tells me it was a boneheaded move of dry hopping a 2.5G batch in a 6.5G bmb, and just having more bottles to drink though. So perhaps this is more of a question of how much headspace is too much headspace. I'll have about 2.25-2.5G of ale in a 3G fermonster, should I feel safe adding a dry hop of cascade 3-4 days prior to bottling? or just stick with my original plan and save my hops for a rainy day brew?
As usually, thanks for any input.
I'm brewing a lighter amber (or darker pale, whichever), and I have a good amount of cascade leftover that is going to sit in the freezer for awhile, so I'm debating tossing in a dry hop. I made some tasty 1G ales early this year, with a small dry hop. They drank quick and easy. When I scaled the recipe up, I had horrible results, with quick oxidation taking over. My gut tells me it was a boneheaded move of dry hopping a 2.5G batch in a 6.5G bmb, and just having more bottles to drink though. So perhaps this is more of a question of how much headspace is too much headspace. I'll have about 2.25-2.5G of ale in a 3G fermonster, should I feel safe adding a dry hop of cascade 3-4 days prior to bottling? or just stick with my original plan and save my hops for a rainy day brew?
As usually, thanks for any input.