Dry Hopping
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randomdave
Dry Hopping
All been well im due to bottle at the end of this week. Im debating weather or not to dry hop to add some flavour to a coopers lager kit. Is it worth it on my first brew? or should i just not bother this time an do it on my next one?
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sparky Paul
Re: Dry Hopping
Personally, I always tried to do a kit with little or no changes first time, apart from substituting Spraymalt, or a Spraymalt/Glucose mix, which is highly recommended. This gives you a benchmark to work from, and lots of people find that they are quite happy with the kits as they are. Once you've tasted the beer, then you can better appreciate what needs to be changed, if anything... that's just my two penn'orth of course... 
You can get lots of ideas from here, but a lot of it is down to personal taste. For example, I'm not a big fan of dry hopping, whereas some brewers prefer using hops this way. It's also possible to overdo it, so I would always err on the side of caution when experimenting for the first time.
On the other hand, lagers are one kit beer which will always benefit from extra hops, IMHO.
You can get lots of ideas from here, but a lot of it is down to personal taste. For example, I'm not a big fan of dry hopping, whereas some brewers prefer using hops this way. It's also possible to overdo it, so I would always err on the side of caution when experimenting for the first time.
On the other hand, lagers are one kit beer which will always benefit from extra hops, IMHO.
Last edited by sparky Paul on Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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randomdave
Re: Dry Hopping
cheers sparky.
I think on this occasion ill give it a miss. ill bottle it up an see (after a wait
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if the flavour is lacking anything that i want from a cold beer.
I think on this occasion ill give it a miss. ill bottle it up an see (after a wait
)if the flavour is lacking anything that i want from a cold beer.
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StrangeBrew
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Re: Dry Hopping
Sound advice!sparky Paul wrote:Personally, I always tried to do a kit with little or no changes first time, apart from substituting Spraymalt, or a Spraymalt/Glucose mix, which is highly recommended. This gives you a benchmark to work from, and lots of people find that they are quite happy with the kits as they are. Once you've tasted the beer, then you can better appreciate what needs to be changed, if anything... that's just my two penn'orth of course...
You can get lots of ideas from here, but a lot of it is down to personal taste. For example, I'm not a big fan of dry hopping, whereas some brewers prefer using hops this way. It's also possible to overdo it, so I would always err on the side of caution when experimenting for the first time.
On the other hand, lagers are one kit beer which will always benefit from extra hops, IMHO.
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DEV
Re: Dry Hopping
Agree with Sparky
Make up the kits first as per normal, to see what they taste like first.
Everyone has different tastes and preferences, you might find that some kits taste just how you like them, others you may want to try additions, its all down to your own personal taste.
If you use the brewing methods,and sound advise, and the links on this site your brewing will
be very sucessful. Dave Line says treat brewing like an apprentiship, start off simple using kits altering your stages as you go along, ie adding spaymalts, dry hopping ect.
Moving on to Extract and then on to AG.
A lot of new brewers try to make to many changes on their first brews, so have got nothing to compare to. Read through Jims brewing techniques and Horden Hillbillys, all you need to know is in there.
good luck
Make up the kits first as per normal, to see what they taste like first.
Everyone has different tastes and preferences, you might find that some kits taste just how you like them, others you may want to try additions, its all down to your own personal taste.
If you use the brewing methods,and sound advise, and the links on this site your brewing will
be very sucessful. Dave Line says treat brewing like an apprentiship, start off simple using kits altering your stages as you go along, ie adding spaymalts, dry hopping ect.
Moving on to Extract and then on to AG.
A lot of new brewers try to make to many changes on their first brews, so have got nothing to compare to. Read through Jims brewing techniques and Horden Hillbillys, all you need to know is in there.
good luck