Dry Hopping

[richardagutteridge]

:drink: Hi all. I have been directed here from the Harris site by Moley as he says this question might be answered better here. I have an IPA by Brewmaker. I have made this before but would like to add a citrus/floral flavour to it. I am thinking Cascade or Willamette ( dry hopping) but don't know the amount to use.
One book I have suggests ½oz/14g is this enough ( full 40 pint brew)

Regards Richard G :

 

[Wez]

Welcome to the forum :thumb: & Thanks Moley for the referal :thumb:

14g in 40 pints (5 gallons) of cascade would give you what you want, personally i'd add them to the keg for 5 to 7 days then remove them, they can become a bit grassy if you leave them in there any longer.

Used a muslin bag, weighted and sterilised, tied to a bit of fishing line so you can retrieve it.

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Wez

 

[Moley]

Greetings Richard, I'm glad you found us. :


No disrespect to the other members here but I also use the Harris forum, even if their forum software is antiquated and the forum can sometimes seem ‘stuck’. Although the balance here has shifted I feel there's far greater winemaking expertise and experience at Harris. However, over there AG brewers are in a distinct minority and this forum has got ‘the other side’ thrashed every which way when it comes to brewing beer.

Richard is a competent kit brewer, although he seems to be venturing further and further into tweaking those kits. I feel he's getting closer and closer to making that step over to the dark side. Now I've done my bit by luring him here, so be nice and tell him all about dry hopping and we might not be too far away from gaining another convert :lol:


BTW, I had never heard of Willamette, and for citrus I suggested Bobek, does that sound reasonable?

 

[evanvine]

Welcome to the Forum Richard, you can onlt really "tweek" your beer when you come over to the Dark Side .
Nice one Moley!

 

[richardagutteridge]

Welcome to the Forum Richard, you can onlt really "tweek" your beer when you come over to the Dark Side .
Nice one Moley!

: Sorry but don't agree been tweeking kits for a long time with great success but this is the first time I've tried dry hopping.

ps Ade have posted a request on freecycle for a boiler :drink:

 

[richardagutteridge]

Welcome to the forum :thumb: & Thanks Moley for the referal :thumb:

14g in 40 pints (5 gallons) of cascade would give you what you want, personally i'd add them to the keg for 5 to 7 days then remove them, they can become a bit grassy if you leave them in there any longer.

Used a muslin bag, weighted and sterilised, tied to a bit of fishing line so you can retrieve it.

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Wez

:thumb: Thanks wez but do you mean put the hops in the FV not the keg :hmm:

 

[evanvine]

Now you are educating me Richard, it's always a poor day when you don't learn some thing new.
I was not aware that you could add adjuncts to kits, this opens up a whole new concept for me.
Please tell me how you "tweek" your kits.

 

[richardagutteridge]

Now you are educating me Richard, it's always a poor day when you don't learn some thing new.
I was not aware that you could add adjuncts to kits, this opens up a whole new concept for me.
Please tell me how you "tweek" your kits.

: Addition of spray malts/ Burton brewing flowers/Honey/ coffee/ chocolate citrus fruits and of course hops.

At the moment I have only tried a few of these additions mainly following tips and recipes from Mogwyth on Harris's site

 

[Wez]

Welcome to the forum :thumb: & Thanks Moley for the referal :thumb:

14g in 40 pints (5 gallons) of cascade would give you what you want, personally i'd add them to the keg for 5 to 7 days then remove them, they can become a bit grassy if you leave them in there any longer.

Used a muslin bag, weighted and sterilised, tied to a bit of fishing line so you can retrieve it.

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Wez

:thumb: Thanks wez but do you mean put the hops in the FV not the keg :hmm:

You can do either (FV after fermentation) I prefer Keg :thumb:

 

[Moley]

Sorry to be dense, but if you are adding them to the keg, how are you meant to remove them after 5-7 days? Shouldn't the keg be getting pressurised by then?

 

[tubby_shaw]

It does build up pressure, but you simply top the pressure back up with a squirt of CO2 after you've removed the hops. The beer itself wont loose any condition :thumb:

 

[Wez]

It does build up pressure, but you simply top the pressure back up with a squirt of CO2 after you've removed the hops. The beer itself wont loose any condition :thumb:

yep

I find the hop flavours come through more in the keg than then do when used in the FV, others may find different, try both and stick to what you prefer. I have a corni keg set up so regassing isn't a prob :thumb:

 

[Moley]

Fairy nuff, I still haven't got any sort of keg so I had overlooked the fact that you can inject CO2 :thumb:

 

[evanvine]

Thank you Richard, I didn't know there were so many things you could "tweek" a kit with :thumb:

 

[richardagutteridge]

Thank you Richard, I didn't know there were so many things you could "tweek" a kit with :thumb:

: Evanvine I have a book called the Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian.
It is a complete beer making book that has chapters starting with a kit then tweeked kits and then of course AG and you would be suprised at some of the things he adds to kits :whistle:

 

[Aleman]

Thank you Richard, I didn't know there were so many things you could "tweek" a kit with :thumb:

: Evanvine I have a book called the Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian.
It is a complete beer making book that has chapters starting with a kit then tweeked kits and then of course AG and you would be suprised at some of the things he adds to kits :whistle:

I wouldn't :evil:

I know I'm leaving myself wide open when I say this but . . . . There really is a need for a good basic book on home brewing that is written for the UK market. These US authors are ok, but really have some funny ideas.
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And stop looking in my direction! :twisted:

 

[evanvine]

As if I would AM :whistle:

 

[jamesb]

/me stares at Aleman

:shock:

 

[Sean_Mc]

Richard G :wha: Moley :hmm:


Nope never heard of them :grin:

 

[richardagutteridge]

Richard G :wha: Moley :hmm:


Nope never heard of them :grin:

: Me neither :whistle: