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So, I was doing some random thought games the other day, and settled on the question of hop Randalizers. They seemed to be the ‘must have’ toy to have for infusing fresh hop aromas into often times less than fresh hoppy beers, especially IPAs. It would breathe new life into staled or oxidized beers that had passed their prime ‘use by’ dates.
Oxygen is probably the most obvious staling agent, so the dispensed beer would pass through the Randal just before coming out of the tap. That got me to thinking about an oxygen-free way to dry hop a nearly fermented beer: use a purged mini keg inline between the fermenter/unitank/brite tank and the keg/serving tank as a Randalizer.
Seems like an O2 eliminator and lupulin injector. Thoughts?
Oxygen is probably the most obvious staling agent, so the dispensed beer would pass through the Randal just before coming out of the tap. That got me to thinking about an oxygen-free way to dry hop a nearly fermented beer: use a purged mini keg inline between the fermenter/unitank/brite tank and the keg/serving tank as a Randalizer.
Seems like an O2 eliminator and lupulin injector. Thoughts?