Dry Hopping

[AngusPA]

IPA has been in primary 1 week and I want to dry hop with 1 oz Amarillo pellets and ferment 2 more weeks. Should I rack to secondary or just leave in primary? Do I just throw the pellets on top?

 

[aiptasia]

Yep, toss them in. They'll dissolve. No real need to rack to secondary.

 

[Sardoman]

It's a little early to dry hop your IPA if it has only been in primary for one week. You're rushing it. For best results, consider waiting a week or two more before either racking to secondary or dry hopping in the primary. There are lots of reasons why keeping your beer on the yeast for at least two to three weeks makes better beer. Whether or not to dry hop in the primary or to rack to secondary prior to dry hopping is simply a matter of preference. Either way works fine.

 

[unionrdr]

Let the beer hit FG first. You need most of the yeast settled out before dry hopping,since the hop oild will coat to the settling yeast & go to the bottom with them. When you have a stable FG,put them in a hop sack,1oz per sack. Doing it this way seems to keep the yeast cake more compact. The hop grains settling from loose dry hopping seem to help keep the yeast from compacting tightly on the bottom.

 

[Robin0782]

Definitely give this beer another week before doing anything. Personally I like to rack to a secondary, but many people here seem to not. Your choice. But, wait another week before you start dry hopping or rack it or anything. I do a two week primary and a two week secondary with a 3-5 day cold crash for most of my beers.

 

[twheelz]

I want to dry hop with 1 oz Amarillo pellets and ferment 2 more weeks.

No, you don't... You do not want to "ferment 2 more weeks" while trying to dry-hop. Fermentation first, then dry-hop, not simultaneously. Fermentation can all but negate the effects of those nice Amarillo aromas. Let it be, then dry-hop when fermentation is complete. The choice is yours whether a secondary is involved or not. Personally I use one, but it works best with my method for dry-hopping.

 

[AngusPA]

Thanks for all the feedback. Sounds like I should wait another week.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeas,at least another week. When you get a stable FG over a couple days,then you can dry hop. Patience,don't try to rush it.

 

[NOISEpollution]

Ferment 2 weeks, dry hop 1 week. No longer than a week for the dry hop, especially with amarillo. No, no need for secondary with pellets.

 

[kpodsaid]

Patience, Patience, Patience is the key in my book. F.G. first (no matter how long)then I rack into secondary 1 week, then rack into a third (I like a clean beer).