Dry Hopping "After" Kegging?

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RedWildWeasel

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Hey everyone,
I am kegging my brew for the first time. I just kegged a Pacific Coast IPA from Brewers Best. When I transfered the beer to the keg from the secondary (a 5 gallon glass carboy) I took a hydrometer reading (1.010) and then poured the sample into a glass. It didn't really have any hoppyness aroma to it like I would expect from the recipe. My question is: I have some chinook hops that I could use for another dry hopping (I did dry hop with 1 oz chinook in the secondary). Can I safely decompress the keg and add a muslin bag of 1 or 2 ounces chinook to the keg and re-charge it? Or should I just let it be. I just kegged it yesterday and it's in the process of carbonating.
Cheers.
 
prolly cant hurt

did you purge the secondary when you dry hopped.

there really isnt a need for secondary anymore. you dont need to get beer off of yeast as early as what once was thought.

oxygen in the secondary could have eaten through your hop aromas. thats a good reason not to use a secondary in the first place ( unnecessary oxidation for little to no gain)

in my latest apa i put 2 ounces of citra at 10 mins and an ounce at flameout . all loose no spider or bag. then i whirpooled for 20 mins at 168 degrees. i dry hopped another ounce of citra at day 7 and now at day 10 it is the most freaken hoppiest beer i ever made! YUM!

so maybe more flavor hops at 10 mins to flameout and whirpool along with dry hopping and pay real close attention to o2. maybe this will help you get more good hoppiness . it seems to have worked for me.
 
Ive dry hopped in a keg in the past with no issues. I believe it was one of those tea balls and it was fine. I think I might have had a little more sediment in my pours but it was kind of a non issue.
 
I'm currently dry hopping in the keg with 26 grams of Simcoe hops in a stainless steel hop tube. This prevents the dip tube from getting clogged with hops or the container for the hops (such as a mesh bag) getting sucked onto the dip tube and clogging it.
 
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