Mooseman
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This looks like a great site, got a novice level question:
I'm fairly new to this activity, I've made about eight batches of relatively decent ales and stouts over the past 5 years. When buying supplies for a batch of Pale Ale the other day the idea of dry hopping some leftover hops came up.
I took a verbal beat down from the store clerk because I wasn't familiar with secondary fermentation and when exactly to add the extra hops, and how.
I've heard/found that dry hopping can be done at the time you add the yeast. I've also been told that you must do secondary fermenting to dry hop....
I'd be very interested in input on basic techniques for secondary fermentation and also any do's and don't when dry hopping. Can dry hopping be done without secondary fermenting? Pros and Cons, etc.
Thank you in advance for your time and information,
Mooseman
I'm fairly new to this activity, I've made about eight batches of relatively decent ales and stouts over the past 5 years. When buying supplies for a batch of Pale Ale the other day the idea of dry hopping some leftover hops came up.
I took a verbal beat down from the store clerk because I wasn't familiar with secondary fermentation and when exactly to add the extra hops, and how.
I've heard/found that dry hopping can be done at the time you add the yeast. I've also been told that you must do secondary fermenting to dry hop....
I'd be very interested in input on basic techniques for secondary fermentation and also any do's and don't when dry hopping. Can dry hopping be done without secondary fermenting? Pros and Cons, etc.
Thank you in advance for your time and information,
Mooseman