Dry Hopping Methods

[RabMaxwell]

Hello i normally dry hop in the secondary or the keg but have read it is better to dry hop in your primary when fermentation is nearly finished. Then leave warm for 3 or 4 days before crash cooling. Has anyone done it this way is there any difference.

[Curious Brew]

I'd be interested to see the reply on this one...

[RabMaxwell]

Hello Curious tried it just once & it did work pretty good though the beers i have made since i have been concentrating on large Hop-back additions instead of dry-hopping. I think i like the hop-back additions better less raw grassy flavours. Though i am never happy & can't make up my mind even when it tastes great.

[Vossy1]

RM, I find myself in a position where I have matured 2 ales (4 corny's) and they lack both hop flavour and aroma.

What sort of quantity of hops would you suggest I add to the corny's to get the desired effect?

[RabMaxwell]

When i dry-hop i normally add from 14-20g per cornie i normally add before returning offshore. When i return 2 week's later it will usually be very good for a week or two. But from then on the malt & great hop flavour is on a slippery slope downwards. I am drinking a pint of Bluebird Bitter i made a couple of months ago i used 400g of hops in the Hop-back for my 110 litre brew. But now it has lost that intense malt & hop edge it had although still very nice it's more a smooth more rounded flavour & very different from before. I am yet to discover how some of the commercial brewers stop them fading

[David Edge]

I am yet to discover how some of the commercial brewers stop them fading

With cask conditioned ale, drinking the lot in four days has someting to do with it.

[Dave d]

I most likely will dry hop my Brewferm Gold in the primary using Hallertau Mittelfrueh but what type do I use Im presuming pellets

[Aleman]

Use whole hops, Pellets as Dave has said can add an extraordinarily larh hop presence. That and the fact that they dissolve to powder and can be a pita to remove

[Dave d]

Sorry if this has been covered before but do the whole hops need to be washed or anything ???

[Jim]

Sorry if this has been covered before but do the whole hops need to be washed or anything ???

Nope, just bung them in. If you put them in a bag or whatever, you need to sanitise that, though. Hops themselves are naturally anti-bacterial.

[David Edge]

The answer - along with several other answers to questions you haven't even thought of is revealed at

http://www.craft brewing.org.uk/hops/

under "When to add hops" along with a pair of entertaining pictures.

[Andy]

David, If you just paste the URL in directly into a post the forum will make the link "clickable". Putting it in a quote leaves it as plain text.

[Dave d]

The answer - along with several other answers to questions you haven't even thought of is revealed at

http://www.craft brewing.org.uk/hops/

under "When to add hops" along with a pair of entertaining pictures.

Thanks for that link David I want to get to know hops by using them with kits before I move on to anything more advanced.

[Curious Brew]

[url]http://www.craf% 20tbrewing.org.uk/hops/[/url]

Clicky clicky.

[steve_flack]

At the moment it seems to be brokey brokey....

EDIT: It's working now.