So are you dry hopping with pellet or whole leaf? Are you using a surescreen? Would love to know ur process.... Sounds like what I'm looking for
I have only dry hopped with pellets. I don't know what a surescreen is, so I don't think I'm using one. I use the dry hopper pictured above.
My process is(was):
Dry hop in primary around day 5 for 4 days. (day 9 or 10)
Fill "keg hopper" with 4 oz hop pellets, secure hopper lid and drop into a keg that has been starsan/co2 purged, then close keg.
Rack from primary, to keg through the liquid-out post with pressure release(prv) open.
Fill keg till beer comes out of prv. Purge with co2 a couple times (getting sprayed cause keg is FULL).
Leave beer in keg with hops for 4-6 days. At this point, no harm in hooking up the co2 while it's dry hopping. If you are dry hopping at room temperature for 5 days in the keg, 10 psi for those 5 days will get you a head start on carbonating. On day 5 ish of keg hopping, pressure transfer to new, purged keg to get off the hops, losing about a half gallon to hops absorption. Beer should be close to carbonated and basically ready to drink, cloudy hop juice. Helps to cold crash on day 4 or 5 of keg hopping, before transferring to clean keg if you want to be drinking it carbonated sooner.
I should add this disclaimer, this was my process twice, both times were (decent) attempts at NE style IPAs. This is NOT my process for all beers. I don't rush beers, but this style is meant to be consumed as fresh and as quickly as possible. I realize it's a quick turnaround, but this assumes proper pitch rates, temperature control, and a reasonable gravity beer (6 - 7%).
