dry hoping ipa

[zackmon21]

i have a beer in primary it is my simple party beer light ale cascade hops 2oz, but my friend comes in 3 weeks from out of town and wants an ipa but i have no room to start for a couple days. If i put some warrior hops into the primary will this give an ipa flavor? I have 4oz and 13% alphas?

 

[dummkauf]

It would probably give it some more aroma similar to an IPAa, but I don't think you'll get anything close to as bitter as an IPA style beer should be without adding more bittering hops at the beginning of your boil.

 

[SC_Ryan]

^Correct. You won't get any bitterness from a dry hop regardless of aau

 

[bullinachinashop]

This sound like an experiment I would try:

Boil an oz of the Warrior for an hour in a qt. of water. Last 5 min add a pound or more of amber DME depending on how much you want to bump the ABV. Cool to the fermentor temp. and add to your primary.

Dry hop with 1 oz cascade and 1 oz simcoe in 1 week.

Bottle in 2 weeks or preferably keg in 3 weeks and force carb.

It may be cloudy, but it should taste like an IPA

Good luck and let us know if it turns out for you.

Bull

 

[sharp63]

I'm going to be dry hopping for the first time on a batch I brewed on Tuesday. Is it okay to throw the hops into the primary (a bucket) or should I rack the beer onto the hops in a carboy after it's done in the primary?

If I can put them in the primary, is there any technique to it, or a specific time during fermentation I should do it?

I didn't pitch a starter, so it took about a day to get going on fermentation. Right now, it's one day 2 of heavy airlock activity.

 

[bernerbrau]

I'm going to be dry hopping for the first time on a batch I brewed on Tuesday. Is it okay to throw the hops into the primary (a bucket) or should I rack the beer onto the hops in a carboy after it's done in the primary?

If I can put them in the primary, is there any technique to it, or a specific time during fermentation I should do it?

I didn't pitch a starter, so it took about a day to get going on fermentation. Right now, it's one day 2 of heavy airlock activity.

Drop 'em in primary, but wait until fermentation completes or the CO2 will carry off all that hoppy goodness.

 

[sharp63]

I tossed the hops in yesterday. Any advice on how long they should sit before bottling?

 

[bernerbrau]

I tossed the hops in yesterday. Any advice on how long they should sit before bottling?

If they're leaf hops, I wouldn't let them sit in primary longer than a week as I've had certain hop varieties go stale on me before.

Pellets will probably hold up longer.

 

[dummkauf]

Never dry hopped with pellets, but using leaf I usually leave them in beween 5 and 14 days depending on my schedule. I usually aim for about a week though

 

[david_42]

A week is good, but since you friend will be here soon, you could bottle part of the batch in 3 days.