I'm curious if anyone has experience or is aware of a source that has tested results for comparing the results of dry-hopping at fermentation or room temps vs under refrigeration?
What about the pros, how do they mostly do it? A lot of homebrewers would be quite surprised at the varieties of approaches from even a small sampling of 'elite' professional breweries/brewers. My inclination is that pros would generally confirm fermentation is complete, give it 24-72 hours rest, cold crash/drop the yeast, dry hop, package as this would yield the quickest route to finished product.
With alcohol being a solution and general experience with how things dissolve my inclination is that warmer temps will more readily extract hop oils and compounds. However, if there is yeast in suspension when the dry hopping takes place and the beer is cold-crashed afterwards (or perhaps just in the bottle) when the yeast drops out theoretically it takes hop compounds with it. Which is the better approach? If what I've stated is true would it be best to floc the yeast then dry hop while compensating with either or both higher dry hopping rate/longer time?
What about the pros, how do they mostly do it? A lot of homebrewers would be quite surprised at the varieties of approaches from even a small sampling of 'elite' professional breweries/brewers. My inclination is that pros would generally confirm fermentation is complete, give it 24-72 hours rest, cold crash/drop the yeast, dry hop, package as this would yield the quickest route to finished product.
With alcohol being a solution and general experience with how things dissolve my inclination is that warmer temps will more readily extract hop oils and compounds. However, if there is yeast in suspension when the dry hopping takes place and the beer is cold-crashed afterwards (or perhaps just in the bottle) when the yeast drops out theoretically it takes hop compounds with it. Which is the better approach? If what I've stated is true would it be best to floc the yeast then dry hop while compensating with either or both higher dry hopping rate/longer time?