Can you dry hop after carbing?

[shlap]

My ESB doesn't have as much aroma as I'd like. Would dry hopping work after it's already carbonated in the keg?

 

[Yooper]

I've never done it, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. Do you have a fine bag for the hops, or a metal "tea ball" type strainer? I would think that's all you'd need.

 

[Poobah58]

Yes it will. I do it with my IPA's. I put a SureScreen on the bottom of the dip tube to keep it from clogging the faucet.

 

[EdWort]

I've never done it, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. Do you have a fine bag for the hops, or a metal "tea ball" type strainer? I would think that's all you'd need.

3" Herb ball from Austin Home Brew will work great. I carb & dry hop all the time.

 

[FlyGuy]

Yep! you bet you can do it

 

[shlap]

Thanks for all the responses, it's a go then!

 

[Spames]

How long do you wait from the time you put it in untill consumption?

Also, can you just leave it in there until the keg is empty?

 

[david_42]

Sometimes, I'll re-hop a partial keg after 5-6 months, because the aroma is fading. I just bag the hops and give it a week before putting it back online.

 

[Spames]

Sometimes, I'll re-hop a partial keg after 5-6 months, because the aroma is fading. I just bag the hops and give it a week before putting it back online.

Do you leave the hops in while serving? Or just put in for a week and remove --

 

[Evan!]

Yes it will. I do it with my IPA's. I put a SureScreen on the bottom of the dip tube to keep it from clogging the faucet.

Short of that, I remember hearing about a method where you can suspend the hop bag/ball from the keg lid and weight the bag so that it won't sink to the bottom OR float to the top.