dry hopping twice? bad idea?

[bryanbibler]

I have an IPA that's in the secondary right now, and I dry hopped it when I racked it to the secondary with 1/2 oz cascade and 1/2 oz willamette pellet hops and a tbsp steamed oak chips. After I keg it, would it be a bad idea to give it the same treatment of dry hops? Would it add anything, or would it just be overkill?

 

[BulldogBrewer]

Wouldn't hurt to try. If you don't like it you could pull them. Just use a bag with a fishing line or something tied to the dip tube or out of the top of the keg.

You may want to pull the keg hops after a week or so though, as some folks report "grassy" flavors after a long dry hop.

 

[nefarious_1_]

I would definitely give it a shot. Give a taste/smell before kegging and if it's not to your liking, do it up.

Pull the bags out after a week or so to avoid unpleasant flavors as described above.

 

[samc]

Never had an off flavors from long term dry hopping in the keg. Bad flavors** happen fast with dry hops in the keg or not at all if kept at cold temps. In kegs that I've had long term I often refresh with an ounce of new dry hops. It fades so you can just keep adding.

** I think this is one of those myths that get passed around and almost nobody every experiences it. Only time I had an issue it was from the second day of hops that were too green, those grassy flavors eventually faded.

 

[phenry]

Have an IPA in bottles that I dry hopped for two weeks, 1 oz each week. I pulled the first bag out and just threw the second ones in the fermenter. It reeks pretty bad of hops, so I'd say it turned out pretty well.

Next I'm dry hopping a IIPA with 1.5 oz for a week and 3 oz for another. What you're doing definitely doesn't sound like overkill.

 

[Face Eater]

I started to get a grassy taste after about 2 months in the keg. I used 2 oz of cascade leaf hops.

 

[BulldogBrewer]

I started to get a grassy taste after about 2 months in the keg.

Problem identified. I've never had a keg last that long