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mattnday

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I should have dry hopped a week after I started my primary.

Instead I dumped my hops in with the yeast. (Instructions were unclear)

I needed to pull hops today so that required going to a secondary.

I am not fully finished in fermentation.

I am torn as I will have to either bottle it in 9 days or in 22 days due to travel at this point.

It is a real hoppy double IPA if it matters.

I think I am OK to extend the secondary another 3 weeks but I have read that I might need to add yeast to get carbonation.

What should I do?
 
I'd just leave it in the primary, hops n all, until you return in 22 days. Rack to the bottle bucket & bottle. No need to add more yeast.
 
You will not need more yeast. There will be enough in suspension to carbonate the beer. When you are about 5-7 days from bottling, add some new dry hops. Since you already have a kind of dry hop you could use less than originally called for.

You should also have final gravity before transferring to secondary.

You can also leave the beer in primary and dry hop 5-7 days then bottle - no secondary.
 
I have already removed the beer from the primary and moved it to a secondary.

I did this by racking.

I normally check gravity twice before bottling or going to secondary to check for completion but I wigged out this time due to my desire to pull dry hops as the directions stated.
 
So now, wait until 5-7 days before bottling and add some more hops. If you used 1 oz. you might go with .5 to .75 for the addition. Or about the same ratio.
 
If you have more hops, you can try dry hopping again before bottling. I bet your beer will be good no matter what you do as long as fermentation is complete before you bottle it
 
Unfortunately I am traveling for 2 solid weeks . I am tempted to throw a smaller amount of hops in but that would force me to bottle the beer after only 2 total weeks of fermentation.

I think i am going to wait and bottle when I return.
 

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