Technique of adding unboiled hops to the fermentor to give hop aroma and possibly additional bitterness.
Questions tagged [dry-hop]
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How does alcohol affect flavour/aroma when dry hopping?
As a chemist, I know that extraction (from hops in this case) can be different for water (hop tea), beer (eg. 7% ABV), or pure ethanol. So in theory it should make a big difference if I dry hop with hop tea, simply by adding hops to beer, or by…
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Dry hopping in secondary...
What is the time frame for dry-hopping in secondary? How soon can I bottle, and how long before tannins/off flavors leech out of the hops?
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What's the flavor profile of a beer that only uses bittering and dry hops?
It's of course possible, but I'd appreciate any experience anyone has with only dry-hopping for finishing hops. That would mean:
add the bittering hops
chill, aerate, pitch, ferment as usual
dry-hop for some number of days in secondary or…
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Should I add extra hops in the boil vs dry-hopping?
I really enjoy my IPA with Citra hops. I have done some minimal dry-hopping which gives me a great citrus flavor and aroma, in addition to adding cascade and citra to the boil. I have no aversion to dry-hopping, but am still working to get my arms…
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Dry Hopping without a bag
I'll have about 1/2 an ounce of leftover Cascade hop pellets when I finish my boil. I was thinking that I would save them and throw them in the secondary, but I don't have a bag.
Will I get much aroma out of just throwing the pellets in by…
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Dry hop to add depth of flavour?
This is kind of hard to explain, but I'll try. Ive got quite a nice flavoured, mostly chinook hopped beer in the fermenter, but I was wondering if I could add another dimension to the flavour with a dry hop if I wanted to add an extra depth of…
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How long to dry hop, then when to bottle and taste?
For my second brewing attempt, I'm doing a Pale Ale, with this 20L
Fresh Wort Kit and US-05 yeast.
I put it in the fermenter 7 days ago, and it has remained fairly stable at 19° Celsius (66°F).
Today I plan on dry hopping with 30g Galaxy Hops…
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Can weighting dry hop bag with metal objects impact the flavor?
Used socket wrench attachments (like these) to weigh down two dry hop bags. They are a coated steel material, so I thought they would be easy to sanitize. Then after I put them in, I found that one bag didn't have enough weight (after 10 minutes…
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Dry hopping in the keg using a dry hopper
I've never dry hopped in a corny keg before. I purchased a dry hopper with a 300 micron screen.
1. How do you tie the dry hopper so it floats? I've heard satin dental floss works well?
2. After I rack and add the dry hops I'm assuming I…
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can you dry hop in the primary, or do you have to rack into a secondary in order to add the dry hops?
Possible Duplicate:
Should dry hopping be done in secondary, when to transfer, and for how long?
All this talk about primary vs secondary, and contamination, oxidation, makes it a little apprehensive to rack into a secondary for the purposes of…
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When to dry hop for Bulldog Evil Dog?
I just want some advice on when to dry hop for this. I like my beers to be hoppy as hell!
The stage I'm at;
-the brew has been going for 6 days (hydrometer reading of 1.03 (initial probably 1.065, newbie move, forgot to take it!))
-'rapid'…
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