Dry Hopping - How much

[Eric]

Eric, the Darley Brewery was in Thorne, South Yorkshire. Impressive façade still standing in the centre of the town.

Sorry, you are absolutely right. Snaith is where I'll be a week Saturday for a wedding reception in Cowick. I have previously confused those two. Darley was owned by Vaux, the local brewery here in Sunderland when it was closed. Thanks for the correction.

[Meatymc]

I thought it was just the natural sugars in them, that caused a bit of action.

Read an interesting couple of articles some time ago that put the 'increased action' down to biotransformation - the yeast reacting with hop compounds that are normally 'locked in' during fermentation. Have thrown 25g of loose hops into the vessel on day 3 of fermentation on several occasions out of interest - causes extra activity and a noticeable change to the final result in terms of flavour and aroma. Not convinced it's always better than a standard brew without this step but certainly different.

[MashBag]

Thanks. Fermentation is a curious thing. I use it in many, many ways and many guises & it still teaches me things.