Id only really consider anchovy and superdelic new hops. Both of those are really cool. I haven’t used either personally yet but have had some beers from breweries and high quality homebrewers that have use them and they were really cool.
Good to know. I'm pretty excited about Anchovy. I've had it in hazies from Brujos (Anchovy/Citra/Mosaic) and Other Half (Citra/Nelson/Anchovy/Motueka) and both were really great.
Citra Nelson and riwaka is probably my favorite hop combo.
Me too! John Segal actually lives in my town and I've been wanting to chat with him about it next time I see him around.
Not a fan, tastes kind of artificial candy to me, would use it as a supporter
I haven’t used it personally since the name change but had a lot of beers with it. I like it a lot. Like every hop, it will pair well with citra. I actually had a beer recently that was 1019, citra, and krush and it was dynamite. Big citrus and berry with the lime and coconut cream.
Cool survey.
Filled it out
16 responses so far and really interesting data, I'm excited to share!
Do you serve out of your dry hop keg, or do a second jump to a serving keg?
I transfer to a serving keg. I actually don’t dryhop in a keg, I use a modified fermonster but same principle. I just can’t stand the loss in kegs and I want to yield a full keg into the kegerator
Makes a lot of sense, thanks. I'm still going back and forth on a dedicated dry hop vessel and this gives me more to consider.
I love the data. Nice work man! I hope I don’t come across as knit picky but one piece of data I think may be a bit more important than the whirlpool or dry hop amount would be their rates. I suggest this, (I’m sure you already know) because rates provide standardized data as they provide proportional relationships or the correlation between 2 or more variables.
Not nit picky at all, totally fair point. To be honest, I put the (5 gal batch) at the end of those questions to try to standardize the rate into a typical batch size, but I never really thought about the difference between dry hopping 5 gal of kegged beer vs. 6 gal of primary beer. I figured most people are whirlpooling at 6 ish gallons and dry hopping 5.5 ish gallons for a 5 gallon batch.
My whirlpool volume is about 7 gallons actually as I leave as much hot break and hops in the kettle as possible targeting 6-6.25 gallons into the fv to account for the dryhop a loss and to transfer a full 5 gallons of debri free beer into the serving keg. I’m not suggesting you do anything with this info but I do think if we sent out another quick survey that asked folks for their to calculated dryhoping and whirlpool rate, we would get a bit better data that we can compare
This is great! Thanks for taking the time to do it! I also found the fg data surprising. I like mine around 1.014 for drinkability but assumed most were targeting a higher fg. This data to me shows how influential this thread has been on all of our brewing. If you look at the OP, compared to this data, it tells a very different story and shows how the info presented here has helped us all make better beers. I’ll bet if you posted this survey elsewhere we would see a much larger variance in responses. Cheers to all who contribute to this thread!
Looks nice though! Great combo. Give it a little time and then reevaluate. To me it takes about 1-2 weeks for beer to come into its own. Early on I’m always indifferent with the beer and feel like the flavor and aroma constantly shift, sometimes being happy and sometimes thinking it comes across muted. I think you’ll be surprised how much the 1-2 weeks helps
Agreed, takes them about 2 weeks to settle. Some peak after 3-4.
I love this ride of the first 2 weeks where it constantly shifts, sometimes it really hits a point that's just amazing
It’s def interesting seeing it change
I try to go easy for the first 2 weeks at least, for me my sweet spot is 4-6 weeks. I think you've pretty much ruled out everything at this stage except dry hopping in a second vessel so probably should be something you look into next. Doesn't have to be expensive either. Dgallos fermonster hack or the Fermzilla all rounder are cheap options. Since you have the 2" hop dropper the Fermzilla would work with the extra tri clamp lid.
haha you need to fix that. That’s were commercial beer gets consumed. If you need a great inexpensive beer to fill the fridge, zero gravities - green state Pilsner
Mannnn, I adore Zero Gravity for putting out consistently solid fridge fillers at a good price. I also lean in Fiddlehead 12-packs. I love their resinous stink they get in their beers, and the price is solid too. I do need to fix it haha. I’m so used to drinking from a brite and having it taste solid off the bat at the brewery.
I think I’m going to go with another modded Torpedo keg that’s identical to the one I have now. My reasoning is for when I’m not brewing hoppy beers I’ll have two pressure capable fermenters that are ready to go.
My experiment is usually to see if I can go at least 2 weeks without touching the keg. The last pour of my IPA is pretty much always the best one, and I always wish I was more patient to give it time and not check every day lol.
