Dry hopping an amber?

[Runyanka]

Any of you ever did this? My brother-in-law bottled his this past Thursday and it was kinda bland. He bottled after only 7 days in primary, however, I am at 10 days right now, and wondering if I should rack and dry hop?

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

There is nothing wrong with dry hopping an Amber Ale. I have done it and it has turned out pretty well. I would use a hop similar to the hops you used for your flavor and/or aroma additions.

 

[Bobby_M]

My last dry hopped amber scored 39s in competition. I think it's a good idea.

 

[Runyanka]

My last dry hopped amber scored 39s in competition. I think it's a good idea.

How long did you leave it in the secondary once hops were added?

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I just bottled an Amber Ale that I dry hopped for 14 days. I used a half ounce each of Horizon, Simcoe, and Mt Hood.

 

[Runyanka]

I just bottled an Amber Ale that I dry hopped for 14 days. I used a half ounce each of Horizon, Simcoe, and Mt Hood.

Is it true that your beer will turn green during the dry hopping stage? If so, do you just wait till this subsides then bottle?

 

[ifishsum]

Is it true that your beer will turn green during the dry hopping stage? If so, do you just wait till this subsides then bottle?

If you use pellets you might get a green scum on top...I dry hop with whole leaf and never had it turn my beer green.

Just started drinking an African Amber that was dry-hopped with cascades...yummy.

 

[Dextersmom]

Used all of my first year cascade harvest to dry hop an amber ale. Brewed on colombus day. Only started drinking it recently. Its my best batch to date.

no green-ness. were some strange bubbles near the top of the beer and the hops but got reassurance it was just trapped co2.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

Is it true that your beer will turn green during the dry hopping stage? If so, do you just wait till this subsides then bottle?

Nope, no green colored beer here. I use hop pellets and they dissolve and turn into a green sludge but usually drop to the bottom of the carboy.

 

[histo320]

My Amber (Gaelic Ale-Clone) was dry hopped and freaking awesome. Dry hopped for 7 days in primary.

i had no greenage problems at all

 

[Runyanka]

Nope, no green colored beer here. I use hop pellets and they dissolve and turn into a green sludge but usually drop to the bottom of the carboy.

I transfered to the secondary and added 1oz of cascade hop pellets. Beer was really clear going into the secondary, once hops were added it formed a "sludge" over the top of the beer overnight. Is that the hops or what?

 

[IanIanBoBian]

I was thinking about doing this. I have a batch of brewer's best American amber that is ready to go into secondary, and I have an ounce of cascade pellets in my fridge. Should I use them to dry hop it?

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I transfered to the secondary and added 1oz of cascade hop pellets. Beer was really clear going into the secondary, once hops were added it formed a "sludge" over the top of the beer overnight. Is that the hops or what?

Yep those are the hops. Most likely they'll sink to the bottom over time. If I'm planning on racking to the bottling bucket or keg in a few days and they're still floating on top, I'll give the carboy a swirl and they'll sink to the bottom.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I was thinking about doing this. I have a batch of brewer's best American amber that is ready to go into secondary, and I have an ounce of cascade pellets in my fridge. Should I use them to dry hop it?

If you want to experiment, go right ahead. Dry hopping gives beers such a nice aroma. I dry hop all my American pale ales, IPAs and amber ales.

 

[IanIanBoBian]

The only thing is that this is my second batch, and my first one was a Mr. Beer, so maybe I shouldn't experiment. Then I can compare dry hopping to not dry hopping. I dunno. We'll see.