Clearing after dry hopping?

[jim_reaper1066]

I just racked my DFH 60 clone to the secondary to dry hop, and I only had amarillo pellets. Last time I used all leaf hops and had no problems with clarity. Will the pellet material settle out on the bottom, or should I add some gelatin before bottling?

 

[marubozo]

It depends on how quickly you want it to clear. It should clear up quite well if you give it enough time to cold condition. Otherwise, gelatin will help it clear up a lot faster.

I usually dry hop with pellets and don't use any clearing agents and after about 3-4 weeks in the keg at 40 degrees it will clear up great.

 

[Beerrific]

Hop particles drop out fairly quickly. I have used gelatin after dry hopping and noticed a substantial drop in bitterness. I am not 100% it was the gelatin, but I am pretty sure it was. I would just suggest just using time and cold.

 

[Yooper]

Hop particles drop out fairly quickly. I have used gelatin after dry hopping and noticed a substantial drop in bitterness. I am not 100% it was the gelatin, but I am pretty sure it was. I would just suggest just using time and cold.

Yes, that's one of the reasons I don't use finings. Not only do finings like isinglass and gelatin reduce the yeast in suspension, I believe it does similar things for hops. It's probably not very noticeable in most beers, but it in IPA, I've noticed that the hops fade a bit. It also pulls tannins out, so in a beer with too much tannin it would work great, but may make some beers less interesting.

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

I just racked a light summer ale to a keg that I dry hopped with cascade pellets. I cold crashed it (35*) for 3 days prior to racking and everything dropped to the bottom and it was very clear.

 

[Beerrific]

Yes, that's one of the reasons I don't use finings. Not only do finings like isinglass and gelatin reduce the yeast in suspension, I believe it does similar things for hops. It's probably not very noticeable in most beers, but it in IPA, I've noticed that the hops fade a bit. It also pulls tannins out, so in a beer with too much tannin it would work great, but may make some beers less interesting.

I have recently been using gelatin, then dry hopping. I feel the gelatin does a great job pulling out yeast and leaving an incredibly bright beer fast. The dry hop bit drop out with in a week. Depending on the amount of dry hopping there may or may not be a residual haze after that.