so im going to be doing my first dry hop with 2 oz (maybe 3oz) of whole leaf cascade hops and was wondering the best way to do it. my LHBS convinced me that dry hopping with whole hops is better then pellets??? even tho my all grain brews are made with pellets. I have a muslim bag i am going to put them in. Should i way them down to make sure they sink to the bottom? They also told to leave them in for 2 weeks. is this to long? I was thinking like 10 days......
btw, the brew im dry hopping is
Hoppy rye IPA
6 gallon batch
12# 2 row
3# rye
1# crystal 20
1# cara pils
WLP051 California Ale V (1000ml yeast started 32 hours b4)
1oz chinook 60 min 11.8%
.6oz magnum 54 min 11.6
1oz perle 40 min 7.1
1oz cascade 30 min 6.8
.8oz uk goldings 15 min 6.1
.7oz fuggle 15 min 5.3
1oz cascade 1 min 6.8
7 grams irish moss
OG = 1.062
Mash at 150 F
Sparge at 156 F (messed up on temp. wanted 160, but said @#$% it)
Ferment at 68 F
btw, the brew im dry hopping is
Hoppy rye IPA
6 gallon batch
12# 2 row
3# rye
1# crystal 20
1# cara pils
WLP051 California Ale V (1000ml yeast started 32 hours b4)
1oz chinook 60 min 11.8%
.6oz magnum 54 min 11.6
1oz perle 40 min 7.1
1oz cascade 30 min 6.8
.8oz uk goldings 15 min 6.1
.7oz fuggle 15 min 5.3
1oz cascade 1 min 6.8
7 grams irish moss
OG = 1.062
Mash at 150 F
Sparge at 156 F (messed up on temp. wanted 160, but said @#$% it)
Ferment at 68 F