I dry hopped for the first time, and have a couple of questions.
First, I fermented in the primary for 8 days, fermentation was done after about 5 days, I added the hop pellets to the secondary and racked on top of that. It has been in the secondary for 7 days. Normally without dry hopping I rack to the secondary after a week or so, then bottle the following week, so a total of two weeks in primary/secondary. So with dry hopping or without dry hopping is this enough time in the primary/secondary?
Second, after racking to the secondary, the majority of the hops have been floating on top, is this normal? I have read that some people put the pellets into bags, but there was enough hops being added that it would be extremely difficult to get the bag out of the carboy, so I just added them whole, which I also read that some do.
Lastly, based on the first two questions, if it has been in primary/secondary long enough, and the hops floating on top are normal, when siphoning to the bottling bucket, would it be advisable to filter the beer through a fine mesh sieve? I have a funnel with a fine mesh sieve that I could use.
Thanks in advance!
First, I fermented in the primary for 8 days, fermentation was done after about 5 days, I added the hop pellets to the secondary and racked on top of that. It has been in the secondary for 7 days. Normally without dry hopping I rack to the secondary after a week or so, then bottle the following week, so a total of two weeks in primary/secondary. So with dry hopping or without dry hopping is this enough time in the primary/secondary?
Second, after racking to the secondary, the majority of the hops have been floating on top, is this normal? I have read that some people put the pellets into bags, but there was enough hops being added that it would be extremely difficult to get the bag out of the carboy, so I just added them whole, which I also read that some do.
Lastly, based on the first two questions, if it has been in primary/secondary long enough, and the hops floating on top are normal, when siphoning to the bottling bucket, would it be advisable to filter the beer through a fine mesh sieve? I have a funnel with a fine mesh sieve that I could use.
Thanks in advance!