Pressure fermenting kits with dry hop addition

[robfor]

Hi All,

Anybody pressure fermenting and throwing all the dry hops in at the beginning with the yeast instead of the end? Currently waiting till fermentation has finished, chilling down to 1C to maintain CO2 levels in the beer, cracking the lid, adding the dry hops and resealing. Bring up to room temp for a couple of days, rechill to clear then keg.

But I don't think i am getting as good a hop flavour as when i was using an normal FV and giving the hop bag a good squeeze!

Any better methods for dry hopping a PV?

Thanks

Rob

 

[pjm]

I realise this won't work for most... but I do 6 litre brews with a Pinter. For those not familiar, it has a "dock" that sits at the bottom and allows you to collect the trub as it falls. I dry hop at the very start of fermentation by pouring the pellets into the space within the dock. Even after the pellets bloom, they can't be taking up more than about 10-20% of the available space, so it doesn't appear to compromise the ability to collect the trub.

Downside is I can't dry hop at a later stage using this method - otherwise I'd be oxidising my beer. I am about to kick off a batch with Kveik which should be done in about 4 days or so... but even using "normal" yeast, dry hopping over e a 7-8 day fermentation at 23 degrees doesn't seem to result in any grassy flavours.

I really do notice the hop flavour and aroma dies down between the start of the batch and the final pint though!

 

[Rwilts]

I have tried the suveed magnet trick a few times , put hops in bag with magnet and stick to roof of fermizilla release on day 7. Worked ok but I have stopped pressure fermenting for a while now.