brewpharm Hill
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Trying to nail down my new england IPAs and improve hop flavor and aroma by spunding early on to capture more hop aroma and also start some natural carbonation. I want to do a closed C02 transfer right around day 3 or 4 (high krausen) from a fermonster into a C02 purged keg containing my drop hop...going for that bio transformation and all. Keep in mind my diptube on this corny is shortened and has a filter over it (see http://scottjanish.com/fermenting-dry-hopping-pressure/).
My question is ... has anyone had experience with this this early on in fermentation? Most of the yeast will be in suspension with some trub already settled out. The goal is to transfer the actively fermentation wort on top of the dry hops in the keg. I'm assuming most of the flavors in the beer will be developed by then (spunding tends to suppress esters etc). I wouldn't be as weary if I was doing the transfer at day 7 post primary fermentation.
Trying to nail down my new england IPAs and improve hop flavor and aroma by spunding early on to capture more hop aroma and also start some natural carbonation. I want to do a closed C02 transfer right around day 3 or 4 (high krausen) from a fermonster into a C02 purged keg containing my drop hop...going for that bio transformation and all. Keep in mind my diptube on this corny is shortened and has a filter over it (see http://scottjanish.com/fermenting-dry-hopping-pressure/).
My question is ... has anyone had experience with this this early on in fermentation? Most of the yeast will be in suspension with some trub already settled out. The goal is to transfer the actively fermentation wort on top of the dry hops in the keg. I'm assuming most of the flavors in the beer will be developed by then (spunding tends to suppress esters etc). I wouldn't be as weary if I was doing the transfer at day 7 post primary fermentation.