Whirlpool/hopstand vs dryhop

[Clint]

Hello all
Up early on the day off...brewing again in an attempt to salvage some Christmas beers! I'm sure it'll be fine!
Anyway...here's the question...
Today's beer is my house Apa,Pipster Pale.
It's a hoppy apa with citra,centennial and cascade and finishes with an equal 100g of each dry hop which I usually add at the end of fermentation for up to 5 days.
Now...I want to see if I can cut this down a bit and wonder if I will get a half decent result if I hopstand the dry addition instead.
I'm ordering kegs this morning..that's the plan!
Thanks.

 

[Agentgonzo]

If your after a half decent result, then both will give you one (and probably a decent result).

Nothing to fear, go for it if you want!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Hello all
Up early on the day off...brewing again in an attempt to salvage some Christmas beers! I'm sure it'll be fine!
Anyway...here's the question...
Today's beer is my house Apa,Pipster Pale.
It's a hoppy apa with citra,centennial and cascade and finishes with an equal 100g of each dry hop which I usually add at the end of fermentation for up to 5 days.
Now...I want to see if I can cut this down a bit and wonder if I will get a half decent result if I hopstand the dry addition instead.
I'm ordering kegs this morning..that's the plan!
Thanks.

Hi Clint. In my experience dry-hopping adds flavour and aroma but is a bit of a compromise between the two.

A hopstand will give you more flavour but you don’t get as much aroma from it. Keg hopping gives you more aroma than dry-hopping in the fermenter.

If you use 80% of your dry hop addition in a hopstand and the other 20% in the keg you might get the best result?

I use leaf hops in the keg held in a hop spider suspended from the lug on the keg cap. This it to avoid hop debris blocking the poppets. Other people are happy to use pellets.

 

[peebee]

I certainly hope so! I haven't finished my planned "dry hopping" alternative yet, but it's much as you describe.

I got a "Hop Missile" (cheap-skate's Hop Rocket), but only because I'm using "No-Chill Cubes" and can't do a hop-steep. And also, because I can't do what you can! Drop the temperature before you put in the steep hops (hopstand, whirlpool, whatever you want to call them), to about 75-80°C (check that!) to avoid throwing all the "volatiles" into the atmosphere. I'm convinced it'll go well.

3 x 100 grams of steep hops? I don't think that'll be leaving much to chance! (I think I'll be able to smell 'em from here ... 20-30 miles away!).

 

[Sadfield]

I see hops like seasoning in cooking. Layering additions through the process is better than adding it all at the last minute.