Dry Hopping with only primary fermenter

I've brewed very simple stuff for a few years, and got a recipe that says I need to throw dry hop pellets into the fermenter 4-7 days after fermentation begins. I only use a primary fermenter, should I just throw them directly in or what?


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Yep thats what ive done. If you only have a primary I dont think there is another option to dry hop anyway....

 

I dry hop, with pellets, directly into the primary. Although I wouldn't go by any timeframe. Check the gravity, dry hop after it's finished fermenting. If you're concerned with hop material when it comes time to bottle, just put a paint strainer bag over the end of your siphon.

 

It works better if you wait until fermentation is done & the beer is settled out clear or slightly misty. Otherwise, the hop oils coat the yeast cells & trub particles, going to the bottom with them. I use sanitized hop sacks with no more than one ounce in each to dry hop in primary with for 5-7 days. Many of us dry hop in primary nowadays. Makes for cleaner beer going into the bottling bucket or keg.

 

Ok cool, I'll do that, thanks for the advice!


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