Dry hop timing when cold crashing

[jonny24]

Apologies if this has been answered before but I didn't se quite what I was looking for.

I often see a time given for dry hopping, ie 3, days, 7 days etc, which I understand is days before packaging? How does this work when you are cold crashing or fining with gelatin?

I typically put the fermenter in to cold crash for 2 days, add gelatin, wait another 2 days, then bottle. So if I was doing a 3 day hop, would this go in the day after I started the cold crash?

Thanks

 

[Build]

I usually dry hop at fermentation temperatures for 5-7 days or so, then cold crash for 2-3 days. I've tried dry hopping cold in the carboy and in the keg and I didn't get the intense aroma/flavor I wanted. It will somewhat depend on the hops and beer style.

There are many ways to do this with good results.

 

[BrewinBrian44]

I do a 2 day dry hop at 75 deg, set temp to 33deg 1 day, add gelatin next day, let sit two more days cold with gelatin then Keg. 5 days total with hops. I suppose I could cut out one of the gelatin days and reduce the the days down to 4. I get great hop aroma and flavor with this method!

I used to do 14 day dry hopping, huge waste of time IMO.

There was actually a Brulosophy ExBeeriment where they tested dry hop time and found the shorter duration to bring out more fresh hop aroma.

http://brulosophy.com/2015/10/26/dry-hop-length-long-vs-short-exbeeriment-results/

 

[theQ]

do 3 days series at room temp! 2 even 3 series of 3 days should do.

 

[Natdavis777]

You will get better results when dry hopping at room temp opposed to cool temps. You can either dry hop before or after you crash/gelatin the beer, just make sure if you do it post crash/gelatin, to warm up the beer. If you do the latter, you can end up with some haziness from the dry hop. Not that this is a bad thing, as it is perfectly acceptable in hop forward beers.

I always start my dryhop right after primary fermentation has completed, which is usually within 4-6 days. I will then dry hop for 5-7 days, crash the beer, add gelatin when the beer has been at 33F for at least 24 hours, then keg after another 24-48 hours.

 

[jonny24]

I do a 2 day dry hop at 75 deg, set temp to 33deg 1 day, add gelatin next day, let sit two more days cold with gelatin then Keg. 5 days total with hops. I suppose I could cut out one of the gelatin days and reduce the the days down to 4. I get great hop aroma and flavor with this method!

Thanks, I think I'll follow this next time I dry hop. Seems like it will work well witch my process.

 

[petrolSpice]

All of my brewing activities happen on Sundays so everything needs to happen in 7 day increments. With that said, for dry hopping, I will dry hop for 10-11 days, remove the hops, then cold crash for 3-4 days, then bottle.