I tried a dry hopped beer at a local micro brew and loved it!! I have a Rye IPA kegged and carbonated, I have been drinking on it for a couple days. How would I dry hop it now? Pop the lid and drop the hops in? Or is it too late?
A fairly easy compromise would be to put some leaf hops in a french press, pour, press, then pour into your pint glass.
I dry-hop every PA and IPA I make. Usually just toss them in loose into the primary bucket after primary is over. I have put them in a bag, into the keg then kegged, let sit for 5 days at room temp, then carb normally (leaving the hops in until the keg kicks).
I tried Amarillo whole hops in my French Press and ithink it worked well....I am not too sure. I want lots of aroma and taste. I may need to add more whole hops. Not too sure. I'll keep up the rigorous testing.
That is a great idea, similar to a Randall. Seems like you would use A LOT of hops that way.
I would definitely throw an ounce or two in a hop bag in the keg and it will be good, if not better, in a few days.
If your looking to dry-hop as an afterthought you might even try dry hopping a single bottle to see how that turns out.
Just put 3oz of cascade in tonight! Easy as pie, I also do the mesh bag with 2-3 SS washers/ misc valve fittings for weight. Starsan the stuff before and you should be good to go!
Interesting. How do I do this do you suppose?
MrJames said:How long do you leave it in the keg? How do you get it out if it sinks to the bottom?
You could cut a hop sack down to just the corner and tie that off to fit in a bottle.
I had a stainless filter made by arborfab.com that fits in a bottle.
Here is a neat article on dry-hopping bud light.
http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2013/03/dry-hopped-bud-light.html
Could I add a secondary vessel inline that would containthe hops?
It's never too late! But once it's carbonated, you can get some foaming due to "nucleation" points when you add the hops. Just be aware, so you can close it back up fast!
I'd just sanitize a big hops bag (fine mesh), add the hops, then tie it off. Purge the co2, remove the lid, and gently drop the hops bag in the beer and close it up quickly to minimize the foam that may come out. Then give it some c02 and seal it up.
Sorry, to dig up this old thread but this is exactly what I am contemplating.
(and @Yooper has already answered the question, again!)
My question is: Would I be better off adding the hops in a santized bag to a new sanitized/purged keg and then doing a keg to keg jumper to push the beer into the target keg for dry hopping?
I brewed 10 gallons of IIPA but didn't dry hop it. It's been on tap now for 42 days.
I don't have to transfer 5 gallons... if I get foaming I can stop.
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