Recipe #2 calls for dry hopping on day seven, and I'm trying to decide whether I want to just dump my hops into primary, or first rack to a secondary vessel and then dry hop.
Opinion on the matter seems to be all over the place, and I was wondering what thoughts you all might have on the subject.
As far as I can tell, the pros of doing it in primary are ease (no need for that extra racking step) and decreased chance of pulling your beer off the yeast before fermentation is complete (which can be avoided by waiting until stable gravity readings). Cons include tying up a primary vessel (if that matters), more trub to deal with when you do rack, and concern about oils being carried off by carbon dioxide offgassing. I assume that last one is only an issue if the hops go in before the primary fermentation phase is complete?
I guess what I'm really asking is thus: the recipe calls for dry hopping on day seven. Does it matter if I wait until, say, day fourteen to dry hop, assuming that I leave them in for the recommended period?
Opinion on the matter seems to be all over the place, and I was wondering what thoughts you all might have on the subject.
As far as I can tell, the pros of doing it in primary are ease (no need for that extra racking step) and decreased chance of pulling your beer off the yeast before fermentation is complete (which can be avoided by waiting until stable gravity readings). Cons include tying up a primary vessel (if that matters), more trub to deal with when you do rack, and concern about oils being carried off by carbon dioxide offgassing. I assume that last one is only an issue if the hops go in before the primary fermentation phase is complete?
I guess what I'm really asking is thus: the recipe calls for dry hopping on day seven. Does it matter if I wait until, say, day fourteen to dry hop, assuming that I leave them in for the recommended period?