Improving aroma from my late hop/dry hop additions

[SamT]

Brewed a BIPA three weeks ago, and cracked a bottle last night, and am a little disappointed with the hop aroma

Used about 50g US Cascade/Columbus at flame out, chilled with an immersion chiller to pitching temps withing about 20 minutes, then dry hopped after a week for fermenation for a week with 40g US Cascade, 30G NS and 20G Simcoe.

The dry hops were put in a sanitised nylon bagand weighted with sanitised marbles - could it be that the holes were too small for a decent liquid flow through the bag?

The hops smelt amazing going in, and I'm a bit miffed that the beer coming out is a little less fantastic smelling.

[seymour]

...The dry hops were put in a sanitised nylon bag and weighted with sanitised marbles - could it be that the holes were too small for a decent liquid flow through the bag?...

Could very well be. I applaud the cleverness and simplified racking of that process, but I just can't believe there's anywhere near the same amount of surface area of hops exposed to wort as floating loose whole hops on top. Sure it's a little trickier to rack-off later, but to me that's the nature of dry-hopping.
Whatever the case, sorry your brew didn't turn-out as you'd hoped. Better luck next time.

[Nofolkandchance]

Did you use a "neutral" yeast? Some yeasts can zap hop flavour and aroma such as WLP 002

[scuppeteer]

I'm with Seymour, letting the little green chaps swim about definitely gives better flavours and it ensures they get a good soaking. Just make sure you have a decent filter when you rack.

[SamT]

Did you use a "neutral" yeast? Some yeasts can zap hop flavour and aroma such as WLP 002

Yup, used us05 ...which I believe is wlp001 cal ale

[SamT]

I'm with Seymour, letting the little green chaps swim about definitely gives better flavours and it ensures they get a good soaking. Just make sure you have a decent filter when you rack.

How would you propose I filter? I use standard plastic fermenter bins with taps and a silicon hose to drop into a bottling bucket.

Bottling is a PITA with lumps of hop floating inthe bottling bucket as it jams the little bottler ...

[seymour]

I have a similar setup, and I just tie some sanitized cheesecloth or hemp bag around the end of the tube or tap. No big deal. I've also had success placing a copper scrubby "sponge" against the inside of the tap, or inline with your transfer tube, but that requires a little more setup.