Which Hops for Dry Hopping?

[PintofPride]

Hi Everyone,

I'm planning on dry hopping my next brew, an extract/speciality grain combo IPA style beer. So my question is, can you use the same hops for dry hopping that you use during the boil? I know you should use ones with a good aroma, but that's all. Also, does anyone have any good suggestions for suitable hops for an IPA?

Cheers!

PoP

 

[RobWalker]

Anything aromatic is fine, anything bittering such as fuggles will add a sort of dirtier/bitter hop aroma, which is still good but just be wary of it.

for IPA any of the american "c's" (cascade, centennial etc) are great, I like East Kent Goldings in everything :p

 

[graysalchemy]

What aroma hops are you using in the last 15-10mins? I would use them for dry hopping.

But as before EKG or Styrian Goldings are good in a pale ale.

 

[puravida]

I just dry hopped my APA in the secondary with 6g of Cascade (15L batch of beer) in a hop bag with a teaspoon included to weigh it down.

 

[Mark1964]

Try adding some citra or celelia they give a nice fruity taste to the beer

 

[Bertie Doe]

I'm going to follow the recipe and dry hop by adding "a couple of cones of Styrian Goldings" to my next brew. Couple of questions:-

1. Does anyone know how hops are processed at the farm/factory. Are they sterilised to bump off any unfriendly bugs or bacteria?

2. What about hops you used 3 - 6 months ago. Although you think you've re-sealed the pack properly - would it be risky using them for d.hopping? Can they be sterilised without damaging their aroma or dangly bits :hmm:

 

[WelshPaul]

Hops produce their own acidic oils so should be sterile without the need for treatment - in fact, the main reason for them being added to beer was to improve its life thanks to their antiseptic properties.

As for using older hops for dry hopping, it won't do any harm but it's not generally recommended unless they have been fully sealed and frozen; you really ought to use the freshest, stickiest hops you can get for the dry hopping process.

 

[Bertie Doe]

Hops produce their own acidic oils so should be sterile without the need for treatment - in fact, the main reason for them being added to beer was to improve its life thanks to their antiseptic properties.

Thanks Paul, that's good info as the hops come in 100g bags and the recipe might call for just 10g of one variety and 20g of another. Simple solution - I need to brew more ale :thumb:

 

[PintofPride]

Anything aromatic is fine, anything bittering such as fuggles will add a sort of dirtier/bitter hop aroma, which is still good but just be wary of it.

for IPA any of the american "c's" (cascade, centennial etc) are great, I like East Kent Goldings in everything :p

So I plan to use centennial for bittering and a bit of aroma and EKG for added aroma and some flavour but, I imagine centennial hops will produce this dirtier bitterness if I were to use them for dry hopping? But I suppose if I only used a little along with the goldings it should be fine right?

Thanks for your input everyone!

 

[graysalchemy]

I would stick with EKG why introduce another aroma, surely by dryhoping you wish to enhance the aroma you already have surely :wha: :wha:

 

[PintofPride]

Yeah you're probably right, better to keep it simple rather than ending up with a beer that doesn't know what it is yet. But I reckon I'm still going to use either summit or centennial with EKG.

 

[gurtpint]

I was thinking of making an English IPA with Whitbread and Styrian (Bobek) Goldings with S04. Would both be good for dry hopping?

 

[graysalchemy]

Styrian are excellent never used Whitbread but EKG are also good. :thumb:

 

[gurtpint]

^ I hear ya. Will have to experiment then...

 

[rocket ronnie]

I find if I use late boiling aroma hops for pale aleit is EKG. But I have found over various brews that if I dont use a late hop at all I have had several good pale ale results with target. not as a late boiling hop but used only for dry hopping

 

[PintofPride]

i'm pretty sure I'm going to go with styrian goldings for aroma/flavor/dryhopping and I was thinking challenger would make an appropriate bittering hop but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any suggestions.

This is for a pale ale, a sort of ordinary english bitter.

Cheers!

 

[graysalchemy]

I always use target northdown and challenger for bittering and either ekg for my bitter and styriAn for my PA for the aroma. I just used challenger and golding for bittering on my barley wine with golding for aroma. Target is a thug of a hop but does give a fair amount of bitterness. I find it is tamed with northdown and challenger, it also becomes better with aging as well.

 

[gurtpint]

Next up for me will be an English IPA with Whitbread and Styrian Goldings. Both will be used in the kettle, that much I know but I'm still undecided as to whether I should use both for dry hopping or only Styrian... Anyone used the combo?