Dry hop

[Someguyinahat]

I recently brewed an "oak barrel IPA" that was a kit from Brewcraft USA. On the front page of the instructions it listed special procedures that the kit required such as boiling and oak spiral and dry hoping. The instructions went into detail about the oak spiral but said nothing further about dry hoping (which I had never done before). Although I understand the concept, I was unsure how to go about it using those hop pellets that come with the kits. Long story short, I ended up just leaving the pellets I had boiled wrapped in cheese cloth in my fermentation bucket during the entire fermentation process. The beer came out wonderful but not quite as hoppy as I expected. Was this the right way to dry hop using these kits?

 

[unionrdr]

You put the hops in after fermentation is done & settling out pretty good. Doing so during fermentation will allow the hop oils to cling to the settling yeast.

 

[Scooby_Brew]

I ended up just leaving the pellets I had boiled wrapped in cheese cloth in my fermentation bucket during the entire fermentation process.

"Dry Hopping" is when you use the hops without boiling in the secondary. So when you rack your beer from the primary to the secondary, throw in some "dry" hops, straight into the fermenter without boiling. You can use a cheese cloth or a muslin bag, but you don't have to.

 

[Someguyinahat]

Thanks guys. The weird thing was, the kit didn't provide extra hops for dry hopping nor did the instructions tell me to go buy some. In fact the first "overview" page was the only place dry hoping was ever mentioned.