IPA to secondary?

[jiMithing83]

So I recently brewed my second batch, Brewer's Best IPA kit. I am considering racking to secondary in a few days here, but I am not sure if i should transfer the hop pellet remains into secondary as well. Is there even a point to this? How long does the dry hopping process take to impart flavor? Would I be better off just leaving it in primary for 3 weeks instead?

Thanks for the help HBT!

 

[m1batt1]

Leave it where it is. Unless you are adding more fermentables as well technically there's more risk than reward to transfer for dry hopping.


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[jiMithing83]

Don't I then run the risk of picking up off flavors from the yeast cake? If I leave it in the primary for 3 weeks I'm afraid it will alter, or worse, ruin, the flavor profile. I used Irish Moss for clarity, so I'm not terribly worried about that (also, I don't care how clear it is as long as it tastes good), but I do not want any weird flavors in my favorite style of beer.

 

[longhornbarrett]

Leave it in the primary it won't hurt it

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[HumboldtBrewer]

If you already dry hopped in primary then there is no real point in moving beer to secondary. 3 weeks on the yeast cake is not going to leave any off flavors, if it were 3 months then that's a different story.

If you do want to move to secondary for some reason, you do not need to transfer the hop particles/trub with the beer to secondary. Dry hopping is usually done after 3 to 5 days.