Steeping & Dry Hopping

[tricky_dicky]

I realise dry hopping only adds aroma, and steeping adds flavour (possibly some aroma too) - but have wondered if there was any reason to do both of these when tweaking a kit. The kit surely will have some bitterness and flavour hops in it already, so is there a risk of completely overpowering the intended flavour of the kit - and making something completely undrinkable?

I have a one can Wilkos Hoppy Copper Bitter, and I have some EKG and Fuggles pellets, just wondering what the best way to boost this would be....

 

[gibb58]

Well I dry hopped my coopers ipa with 60g of cascade for a week and completely over did it with the hops. If your going to dry hop I would recommend trying maybe 20g and then adding more the next time if you want a more hoppy flavour

 

[joe1002]

:shock: wow, that is a lot (assuming 23l brew)

 

[ish1349]

:shock: wow, that is a lot (assuming 23l brew)

I am going to do a little experiment this weekend. I have a coopers stout on the go. Going to fill 3 demijohns with it and bottle the rest. The 3 demijohns I am going to put 20g of 3 different hops. Cascade being one of them and see how it turns out.

Also going to do the same for 3 demijohns of cider. Dry hop them with the same 3 different hops.

Hopefully will be a good little experiment.

Heck I might do 4 demijohns of stout and cider and do a mixed dry hop in each. Should be good. Cheers. [THUMBS UP SIGN][FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE]

 

[bigdave]

Dry hopping increases the hop aroma of an ale. Are you really sure you want to add a hoppy aroma to a stout?

 

[ish1349]

Dry hopping increases the hop aroma of an ale. Are you really sure you want to add a hoppy aroma to a stout?

Like I said. It will be an experiment. If it does not work then I will know not to try it again. See what happens.

 

[robsan77]

Dry hopping does add some flavour as well.

 

[wilsoa1111]

i came to the same conclusion and dry hopped and hop tea,ed a kit plus some steeped malt, worked really well, some of best beer ive made but u have to consider if the flavours your adding will work- and quantitys esp with cascade (i dont find cascade dry hopped
to my taste)

as a generalisation i would avoid the american hops with a stout and keep any hopping for 20l below 60g unless its a ipa or something that is meant to be that hoppy

 

[ish1349]

I have never tried. But you say you can add to something that is supposed to be hoppy. What if you really like that hoppy taste and want to put to something that is not supposed to be hoppy.
Why would it not be right to add a lot of hops if you like something very hoppy? I understand where you are coming from. But it is not necessarily wrong though.