OmniBrewer
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Hey all,
So I brewed an extract IPA last week, with 7 pounds Light DME, 1 oz Nelson (60 mins), 1 oz Cascade (30 mins) and 1 pound of unknown fresh off the vine hops from a friend (10 mins).
It's been sitting in the primary for 1 week now and I am getting ready to dry hop with some more of the mystery hops. (About 4 oz)
I am doing this with a friend (who is a newbie) and he wants to do a secondary (says he has been talking to homebrew people that urged him to do secondary), whereas I think that we can just toss these into the primary (in a mesh bag) in a couple days and let it sit for 5-6 days then bottle.
I have been hearing more and more that secondary is a waste of time, and only leads to oxidization, etc. Plus I just read something that John Palmer himself recently said there is no need to secondary most beers.
Due to timing, we would have to rack to secondary after 14 days in primary. Then what? Do we just toss in hops at that time and only secondary for 5-6 days total?? Seems like it's not worth it....or secondary for 1-2 weeks and THEN toss in the hops for the last 5-6 days?
The option I was leaning towards was tossing the hops in after 9 days in the primary and letting them ride for 6 days, thus giving it a total of 15 days in primary, then bottle. I tend to think fresher is better.
Just looking for some feedback on what you guys think
Much appreciated!
Cheers!
So I brewed an extract IPA last week, with 7 pounds Light DME, 1 oz Nelson (60 mins), 1 oz Cascade (30 mins) and 1 pound of unknown fresh off the vine hops from a friend (10 mins).
It's been sitting in the primary for 1 week now and I am getting ready to dry hop with some more of the mystery hops. (About 4 oz)
I am doing this with a friend (who is a newbie) and he wants to do a secondary (says he has been talking to homebrew people that urged him to do secondary), whereas I think that we can just toss these into the primary (in a mesh bag) in a couple days and let it sit for 5-6 days then bottle.
I have been hearing more and more that secondary is a waste of time, and only leads to oxidization, etc. Plus I just read something that John Palmer himself recently said there is no need to secondary most beers.
Due to timing, we would have to rack to secondary after 14 days in primary. Then what? Do we just toss in hops at that time and only secondary for 5-6 days total?? Seems like it's not worth it....or secondary for 1-2 weeks and THEN toss in the hops for the last 5-6 days?
The option I was leaning towards was tossing the hops in after 9 days in the primary and letting them ride for 6 days, thus giving it a total of 15 days in primary, then bottle. I tend to think fresher is better.
Just looking for some feedback on what you guys think
Much appreciated!
Cheers!