loctones
Well-Known Member
Anyone use WLP080 in IPAs? It's a recommended usage, according to white labs. The thing is that in my experience there's a noticeable sulfur nose to the beer for a week or two after primary fermentation is finished. 7 to 10 days near freezing temperatures clears up the sulfur for me on the cream ales I've brewed with it.
I'm thinking about how to dry hop this beer. I'm at terminal gravity right now. I have two doses of dry hops to add to the beer, as I like to do one in the primary fermenter and a second dose in a 'dry hop keg' (secondary) before I keg the beer. For the initial dose of dry hops, I have a couple of options:
1) Add to fermenter right now. Sit at ambient for 4 days. Drop to 32 for a week. Rack to dry hop keg.
2) Drop to 32 now. Sit for a week. Bring back up to ambient and add dry hops for 4 days. Rack to dry hop keg.
Thoughts? I'm leaning towards option 1, but that's almost two weeks on the dry hops which might lend a grassy character to the beer. I'm hoping that the extraction at near-freezing temperatures will be minimal, but I don't know if that's true or not.
I'm thinking about how to dry hop this beer. I'm at terminal gravity right now. I have two doses of dry hops to add to the beer, as I like to do one in the primary fermenter and a second dose in a 'dry hop keg' (secondary) before I keg the beer. For the initial dose of dry hops, I have a couple of options:
1) Add to fermenter right now. Sit at ambient for 4 days. Drop to 32 for a week. Rack to dry hop keg.
2) Drop to 32 now. Sit for a week. Bring back up to ambient and add dry hops for 4 days. Rack to dry hop keg.
Thoughts? I'm leaning towards option 1, but that's almost two weeks on the dry hops which might lend a grassy character to the beer. I'm hoping that the extraction at near-freezing temperatures will be minimal, but I don't know if that's true or not.