Greetings from Melbourne!
So I've been reading this article from Russian river:
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf
It says that a double ipa should really be dry hopped twice and be purged with co2 each time as oxygen kills hop aroma.
I have a dog fish head 90 mins clone in the fermentor at the moment which I would like to dry hop a second time.
My question is: If I added some sugar water to the fermentor once I put the dry hops in will it form a layer of co2 over the beer which would sheild it from oxygen? And therefore protect against oxidisation?
Thanks in advance.
So I've been reading this article from Russian river:
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf
It says that a double ipa should really be dry hopped twice and be purged with co2 each time as oxygen kills hop aroma.
I have a dog fish head 90 mins clone in the fermentor at the moment which I would like to dry hop a second time.
My question is: If I added some sugar water to the fermentor once I put the dry hops in will it form a layer of co2 over the beer which would sheild it from oxygen? And therefore protect against oxidisation?
Thanks in advance.