Dry Hopping help/advice please

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pokerswazi

Dry Hopping help/advice please

Post by pokerswazi » Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:56 pm

I have 20l of scotch ale ready for the keg. It is the second half of a brew I did a few weeks ago. Due to time constraints I got the first half bottled but am only getting the second half in the keg today. Having tasted the bottles and compared them to some commercial examples of the style I have come to the conclusion that it is a style that I am not to thrilled about. The problem being a pretty one dimensional malt taste and nothing else. Question is, can I dry hop this beer in the keg and will it add some hop flavour as well as the aroma that I'd expect? The bittering hops were EKGs and I still have a fair amount left that can go in the keg. I have a hop bag, just need some ideas about how many hops to add, if any at all.

dedken

Re: Dry Hopping help/advice please

Post by dedken » Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:51 pm

Hey dude, is this the 80 Shilling? It's not supposed to be heavily hopped as far as I know. Mine (which you will be sampling Monday night!) hardly has any hop character but I get the feeling that this is because S04 may have killed the late hop additions.

dedken

Re: Dry Hopping help/advice please

Post by dedken » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:22 pm

Sorry mate, that was quite unhelpful! Sure, you can dry hop in the keg, say 30g? Weigh bag down with something or other. Remove after a couple of weeks or you could end up with grassy notes.

pokerswazi

Re: Dry Hopping help/advice please

Post by pokerswazi » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:41 pm

Hey Ken.
that would be correct, it is the 80 shilling. I know what it is supposed to be like, and confirmed that by tasting commercial examples but came to the conclusion that it was the style I don't like and not really a brewing mishap. I was just thinking "bollox to style, how can I make this better suited to my tastes?"
I have a bunch of unadulterated bottles which you'll get to taste on monday. See you then...

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