Hi all Can anyone in the group offer advice regarding dry hopping. I understand the principle, I think, by adding dry hops that you can achieve more of a hop aroma to your beer. When is the best time to add the dry hops and how much, say in a 10 litre batch of wort.
Many thanks in advance Greg
I had this same question about a month ago. I got a lot of help from the group, so you'll probably get som good feedback also. I made my first IPA last week and this week I transfered to the secondary. This is when you'll want to add your dry hops. How much you use depends on how much extra flavor you want. Most of the feedback I got suggested 1 to 2 oz for a 5 gal batch. I used 1oz of cascade for mine. My metric conversion isn't that good but I believe 10l is pretty close to 1/2gal, so you would probably want to use 1/2 to 1oz. Again it all depends on how much flavor you want. Good luck.
Cheers, Mike
greg town> Hi all
Sorry I meant 10l is close to 2-1/2gal.
Mike
Drag> I had this same question about a month ago. I got a lot of help from
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:18:33 -0600, DragonTail said in alt.beer.home-brewing:
Not much of a hophead, are you? :)
(I prefer that my grapefruit juice have a bit of malt in it.)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:25:21 -0600, DragonTail said in alt.beer.home-brewing:
2 ounces of cascade at 60 for an IPA? That's what I use for an APA. I guess I like more hops than you do. :)
I guess that depends on the AA of the hops. They vary considerably between varieties and then there's seaonal variation as well. Low is around 2.5% and high can be over 10%. I think hop calculations expressed as IBU's is more accurate. Steve W.
I haven't dry hopped a lot but I usually put the hops in the secondary when I transfer. 1 ounce is nice.
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:12:28 GMT, "QD Steve" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:
You said Cascade. (I prefer Columbus, but ...)
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