Ghunter0815
Well-Known Member
After doing a good bit of research on HBT and the entire interwebs, I feel I've been lead astray by my LHBS.
Picked up an IPA kit as part of a sale about a month ago. Brewed it for National Homebrew Day (though a week late). Primary for about a week and a half, then racked to secondary.
Their "instructions" say the beer REQUIRES secondary for 2-8 weeks for clarifying (and dry hopping). Hops should be added approximately 5 days before bottling. 1 oz nugget, 3/4 oz Palisades, 1/2 oz Simcoe.
If I'm already in secondary, what's the best way to dry hop? Rack again (and risk add'l O2 exposure?) Gently drop the hops into the current vessel? Do a hokey-pokey and turn myself around?
Little background on the batch:
O.G. - 1.064 (Temp corrected)
F.G. - (at racking) 1.011 (Temp corrected)
Fermented at 67-68 degrees F
Any advice?
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Picked up an IPA kit as part of a sale about a month ago. Brewed it for National Homebrew Day (though a week late). Primary for about a week and a half, then racked to secondary.
Their "instructions" say the beer REQUIRES secondary for 2-8 weeks for clarifying (and dry hopping). Hops should be added approximately 5 days before bottling. 1 oz nugget, 3/4 oz Palisades, 1/2 oz Simcoe.
If I'm already in secondary, what's the best way to dry hop? Rack again (and risk add'l O2 exposure?) Gently drop the hops into the current vessel? Do a hokey-pokey and turn myself around?
Little background on the batch:
O.G. - 1.064 (Temp corrected)
F.G. - (at racking) 1.011 (Temp corrected)
Fermented at 67-68 degrees F
Any advice?
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