Imperial IPA Secondary Fermenter w/ Dry Hopping

[LJvermonster]

So, I understand that the new craze in brewing is to not secondary ferment. I just read a post on what a guy should do with an Imperial IPA that he is NOT dry hopping and the unanimous reply was not to secondary.

My question is, as I plan to dry hop with 6.5 oz of total hops, should I use a secondary fermenter or should I just dry hop in the primary?

Thanks in advance!

 

[plankbr]

I would just dry hop in the primary. That's what I always do. Clarification is negligible if that's what you're worried about. It also removes a point of potential oxidation.

 

[ronjonacron]

Another factor is whether you plan to reuse yeast. If i were going to reuse i would secondary at that point

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[LJvermonster]

So I'm not going to have any issues with clarity with 14.5 oz of hops? I would love to only use a primary fermenter I'm just a little skeptical. What do you think?

 

[plankbr]

Cold crashing after dry hopping and a little gelatin will do wonders for clarity.

 

[LJvermonster]

Another factor is whether you plan to reuse yeast. If i were going to reuse i would secondary at that point

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I do not plan to reuse the yeast so that wouldn't be a problem.