My typical dryhop for most ipas is 9-12 oz per 6 gal of fermenter volume (5 gal into keg). I have gone bigger but noticed little difference. I have said this before but it bears repeating, my biggest improvement in hop utilization and has come from dropping the yeast post terminal (soft crash)...
For example, I if I did a single 6oz dryhop on a 5gal batch, I now split that same dose between 2-3 days to increase the surface area and contact between wort/hops. Definitely has increased my utilization.
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Citra/Nelson/Galaxy - Giga Vermont Ipa yeast
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Dropping the yeast pre dryhop and splitting the dosages between 2 days has really improved this style for me.
Thanks @Dgallo for the suggestion.
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I would definitely recommend full volume mash, it's so much easier and almost as efficient. I even prefer full volume mash on 6 gal low grav beers because in single vessel/biab sparge is not as essential imo.
I typically go the other way and make high grav wort in the robo and then water it...
The reason it agitated everything is because you had 10psi in the fermenter going to an open end. It only takes a couple psi to transfer even when using a sealed keg, even if uncarbed. The whole idea of fermenters like the fermzilla is CLOSED transfer. You should have just waited for a ball lock...
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It's nice to see the thread going strong and lots of great posts being contributed.
This isn't directly related to neipa, but one major improvement I have made in my setup over the last couple weeks...