Amarillo pale ale question

[matthammill]

Ok this is my third batch of beer, first two I made were awesome but this one I just racked to secondary and am trying "dry hopping" for the first time. It has been in primary for one week when I went to secondary it still looks like mud...and had alot more " trub" og was 1.060 gravity now is 1.020, should I just let it sit in secondary for two weeks?, or should I rack to another ferminter in a week so it will clear up better?
Thanks, matt

 

[TheZymurgist]

The "muddy" look you're describing was probably yeast still in suspension. You should have let it sit in primary until you were absolutely sure fermentation was done. There's no reason to rack this beer to secondary at all, for that matter. Let it sit for a while, check the gravity over a three day period, and if it's stable, dry hop for about a week.

 

[crazyirishman34]

Ditto above

Normally when I dry hop I cold crash the beer over night then let it come back to room temp then add the hops. Yeast tends to pull hop oils out of the beer when you dry hop.

 

[matthammill]

10 4, I guess I have that "cant leave freakin beer alone syndrome"

 

[TheZymurgist]

10 4, I guess I have that "cant leave freakin beer alone syndrome"

I totally get it. But your job right now is to let the yeast do their job. There's nothing you can or should be doing until they're done. RDWHAHB