Dry Hopping

[greg g]

Fairly new to brewing and I forgot to add 1oz of Hallertau hops in my kettle. It's a German Bock with a liquid yeast. Can I dry hop?? Thanks::

 

[cweston]

Fairly new to brewing and I forgot to add 1oz of Hallertau hops in my kettle. It's a German Bock with a liquid yeast. Can I dry hop?? Thanks::

Yes, you can. If your Hallertau were supposed to go in during the last 0 to 2 minuites of the boil, than the effect of dry-hopping will be fairly similar. If they were supposed to go in earlier, then the effect will be quite different.

Hops boiled for 30 minutes or more contribute mostly bitterness.

Hops boiled for 5 to 20 minutes contribute mostly hop flavor.

Hops boiled for 0 to 2 minutes contribute mostly aroma.

Dry hopping contributes mostly aroma.

(But a very strong hops aroma gives the illusion of greater hop flavor).

If the hops you forgot were for flavor or bittering, then a hop tea added at secondary would probably be a better approach.

 

[greg g]

Thanks cweston How would I make hop tea? Still new at this. I missed it in the bittering stage.

 

[cweston]

Thanks cweston How would I make hop tea? Still new at this. I missed it in the bittering stage.

Boil your hops in a quart or so of water for about 30-45 minutes, then add this water to the beer when you rack to the secondary or at bottling time. Your beer definitely won't tast right without the bittering hops, so I'd say you really have to do the hop tea.

You might also want to search this forum for "hop tea" and see what other suggestions you find.

 

[magno]

You may want to boil some DME with the hops. I am not sure of the physics of it, but I believe the water must have some sugar in it to extract bitterness from the hops.

Any ideas on this?

- magno