Dry hopping with Neslon Sauvin

[Blinky]

Hi,

I recently brewed a single hop Neslon Sauvin IPA - It's in the primary now and I'm wondering how much dry hops to add (I'm using Pellet NS). It's gonna come out around 5.7%/40 IBU, I have read a lot about NS, that it's easy to overdo it etc etc. I was wondering if say 10g would be enough for a 5gallon batch? Or should i add say 30g, or is that overdoing it with this particular hop?

 

[Hoddy]

I would go at about 20g at that volume personally. Maybe sneak another hop in with it. But that's just me.


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[Blinky]

I am waiting on Galaxy arriving and was debating maybe 10g of Nelson and 20g of Galaxy? I know its supposed to be a single hop brew but flavour is more important than sticking to just the single hop!

 

[Blinky]

Actually maybe the other way round 20g Nelson and 10g Galaxy?

 

[strange-steve]

Nelson Sauvin is a beautiful hop (though eye wateringly expensive right now) so I would put in as much as you have.
I recently dry hopped a belgian IPA with 100g in a 5G batch and I'm planning an IIPA which will have a 220g dry hop so don't be shy.
I don't think I've ever drank a beer and thought "this would have been better with a smaller dry hop".

 

[Gingerbrews]

I too started a single hop Nelson Sauvin ale on 9 November. Plan is today to add 25g as dry hop. The original recipe is from Greg Hughes book. I'm hoping from a bit of a hop bomb.
So I would say, go for it with the 30g you've got.

 

[Blinky]

I have 250g arriving any day now! Dont want to waste all of that in a dry hop mind you! Gingerbrews - think it was the same recipe I used

 

[Gingerbrews]

Will be interested to know how yours turns out.
I used Wyeast 1056 from a smack pack and despite making a starter and splitting it between 2 brews, it went off like a train, and fermented like a volcano