Hello from NJ

clake · Jan 4, 2009

Greetings everyone. I've been looking around for about a week and thought I'd say hi after brewing my first batch this afternoon. My batch this afternoon was an Amber Ale and now the waiting game begins.

The wait wouldn't be so bad but I thought I'd get cute with hop pellets and throw them in a handful of tea balls during the boil not knowing how much they'd swell up. Now I sit patiently waiting for the fermenting to do it's thing in the primary before racking. A question I have (sorry if it's not okay to ask questions in introductory threads) is if I can fix the lack of hops by dry hopping in the secondary?

Look forward to learning much more while around here. I've already learned quite a bit the last few days as it is.

Jersh · Jan 4, 2009

Welcome clake, this site is full of great info, I've only been at this a short time but I'd be lost without this site!...

I'm by no means an expert and quite frankly I shouldn't even be answering, but I think everything I've read says that dry hopping is more for adding aroma than adding bitterness, but I very likely could be wrong as well, so take it for what it's worth (which might not be anything)

Bleumunkie · Jan 4, 2009

where at in NJ?? I just recently moved away from the Air Force base there.

clake · Jan 4, 2009

Jersh said:
I'm by no means an expert and quite frankly I shouldn't even be answering, but I think everything I've read says that dry hopping is more for adding aroma than adding bitterness, but I very likely could be wrong as well, so take it for what it's worth (which might not be anything)

Thanks for the input.

I am in Northern NJ - Montclair... The AF Base is in South Jersey, right?