Dry hop in bag or not in bag?

[lorne17]

Hello all,

I’m going to brew a hazey New England IPA soon and I’m curious if I should dry hop in a bag or not? I guess same goes for the boil too? The recipe I’m looking at is MoreHaze from MoreBeer and it has 12.5oz of Hops!!

Thanks,
Lorne

 

[enkamania]

Depends on your setup. I hop in a bag during the boil because I'm paranoid I'm going to clog my pump. I don't use a bag when I dry hop.

 

[myndflyte]

I usually go commando. But I'm not using pumps or plate chiller that could potentially get clogged. So it's pretty set up specific but I like giving them free reign of the beer.

 

[Vandulus]

If you're using pellets, then the bag won't do much unless it's pretty fine. If you're using whole leaf, then I'd highly suggest bagging them.

 

[jfolks]

I saw a study on Scott Janish’s website that found a 50% decrease in hop extraction when bagged. Further, dry hopping during active fermentation is critical to the NEIPA style (check out “biotransformation”). Add hops directly to fermenter - half on day 1, half on day 5 or so