DryHop Duration Question

[applescrap]

I generally go about 3 days. It's not because 24 hours isn't enough- it probably is- but just because it seems a bit short.

I've found that I get the best brightest hops flavor and aroma with a total of about 3 days, more or less. I've gone longer when circumstances mean I have to wait, sometimes much longer, but 3 days is my sweet spot.

I will also dryhop in the keg, at 40 degrees, through the life of the keg sometimes. I haven't picked up any grassy notes, but it does take quite a bit longer at cold temperatures to extract the hops oils.

This.

 

[agrazela]

Lately I've been dry-hopping with half the amounts of pellets that I used to, for 2-4x longer than I used to (1-2 weeks rather than 3-4 days). It's cheaper, of course...but I'm also getting better, "juicier" hop flavor, no difference in aroma I can detect (probably other aspects of my process could use improvement there anyway), a lot less "green" or "tea-like" astringency (what I think many think of as the "grassy" thing), and that astringency goes away or "drops out" far faster now in the keg (days rather than weeks).

(I have not keg-hopped since making this change, but I'm going to cut those amounts in half, too.)

 

[libirm]

DRY HOP LENGTH: LONG VS. SHORT | EXBEERIMENT RESULTS!

http://brulosophy.com/2015/10/26/dry-hop-length-long-vs-short-exbeeriment-results/

Interesting