Alside101
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as above
Thanks Al
Thanks Al
is 7 days too long to dry hop
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I've only done 5 days, but am dry hopping for 7 for the first time on Sunday :-) i'm just going to chuck 200g of pellets in and see what happens. I know 5 days is fine.
IainM
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It depends on the temperature, though I've done a 14 day dry hop at 18C and the beer was great.
Godsdog
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IMO,7 days is fine,I even dry hop the finished beer keg if I ain't happy with it
You wont gain any thing by doing long hop soaks 7 days is ok but longer is not nesesary. Its like tea you steep to get the best then throw it away. I have just done a three day steep , i normally do 5 days max. others might do longer but the hops start to break down and the beer can get very cloudy. i dont think it does any thing for the flavor to leave them to long, Its that fresh hoppy zing your after not a stewed hop taste
IainM
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Stone Ruination is dry hopped for 14 days, and it's a stunning zingy beer.
200g into what i hope you like hops ????
Alside101
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im kegging next week thats all so i am dry hopping today whine i have a min
Usually stick to around 5 but have done 7..
Its fine and nothing to worry about anyway.
Its fine and nothing to worry about anyway.
Alside101
Landlord.
steady 280g dry hop. as you do
Alside101
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It will taste like Jeyes Fluid shandy. but i hope you enjoy it.
still better than Fosters
oh yes:thumb:
Godsdog
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I never go above 50 gram when dry hopping, I may go back and give it another boost with more hops,maybe a different hop but never more than 50 gram initially and find that amount sufficient to raise the beer profile
I could of wrote that my self :thumb::thumb::thumb:
Alside101
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i have 100g of galaxy to do a pale ale i think il try a 50g dry hop with that seing as that seems to be the thing to do
Godsdog
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I now just chuck them in no steep no tea no nets or strainers to let them have more interaction with the beer
So do I i then rack into the bottling bucket through a butter Muslin, carb and bottle, trap that flavour and aroma, carb for 2 weeks condition for 10 weeks and drink perfect beer
My experience is that some hops give much more than others for the same dry hop weight. So it pays to know your hop before you dump loads in, which isn't always possible if it's the first time you use a particular hop.
Anyway for me 50g cascade is just about right, and 50g EKG probably not enough. On the other hand I dry hopped with 50g of Admiral once and it was way way too much.
Anyway for me 50g cascade is just about right, and 50g EKG probably not enough. On the other hand I dry hopped with 50g of Admiral once and it was way way too much.
