a question about dry hopping

[holdsworth]

Hello to everyone. I have just bottled my brew for the first time. I added el dorado hopps after two weeks of fermentation. I just wanted to taste it before bottling. It tastes a little bit more bitter then before adding hops. Does this bitternes reduce after the period of carbonation for two weeks? It was not a bad kind of bitterness. But I wasnt targeting it. I wanted to have some tropical fruit flavours in my beer. I wonder your ideas. Sorry for my english. Cheers.

 

[VikeMan]

In my experience, carbonation increases the perception of bitterness. That said, your beer's bitterness could decrease over time.

 

[holdsworth]

In my experience, carbonation increases the perception of bitterness. That said, your beer's bitterness could decrease over time.

thank you for your reply.

 

[DVCNick]

Was it a bitterness in the beer, or more of an aftertaste?
If the later, it could be "hop burn" which will reduce with cold conditioning time.

 

[holdsworth]

Was it a bitterness in the beer, or more of an aftertaste?
If the later, it could be "hop burn" which will reduce with cold conditioning time.

It was aftertaste. Thanks that gave me hope

 

[DVCNick]

Good deal. Then give it two weeks to carbonate at room temperature and then two weeks cold in the fridge and I bet it's gone.

 

[Stormcrow]

Good deal. Then give it two weeks to carbonate at room temperature and then two weeks cold in the fridge and I bet it's gone.

Agreed. My beers always half scare me when I try a warm sample on bottling day. Definitely hop burn. They really smooth out after a couple of weeks in the bottle and chilled.

 

[mattdee1]

Warm and flat samples of dry-hopped beers don't tell you a whole lot, IMO. Don't get me wrong, I always take a swig during packaging, but it's more of a "why not?" thing than a useful step. I guess it does provide a final "screening" step for any trace of infection or other bad off flavors that would indicate some kind of big problem. But it never tells me anything useful on how good the beer will ultimately be. For that, you need the right temperature and the carbonation bubbles to express the hop aromas.