Different Way to Dry Hop

[Fido97]

Don't see the problem with having a bit of floating hops material in the beer - as a a bit of an aside some of you will remember Trophy Bitter in the 1970s (or was it Tankard - cant remember which?). Very ordinary beer I will admit but the floating matter sort of characterised it. Anyway one of them had bits floating in it, as does my dry hopped home brew. Personally I feel it adds to the charcter. If you want perfectly filtered/pasteurised beer then get some cans of Fosters at the supermarket. Or in the 70s nostalgic theme maybe some cans of Tenants lager with pictures of scantily clad ladies on the side.

[jonnyt]

I dry hopped for the first time using pellets in a FV.
I tried and tried but couldn't stop the bits getting in the bottles.
For six months opening a bottle was like a weak mint source and the hop matter does distract from the beer.
After 6 months I believe they have disintegrated and joined the yeast sediment fully.

[Morten]

Don't see the problem with having a bit of floating hops material in the beer - as a a bit of an aside some of you will remember Trophy Bitter in the 1970s (or was it Tankard - cant remember which?). Very ordinary beer I will admit but the floating matter sort of characterised it. Anyway one of them had bits floating in it, as does my dry hopped home brew. Personally I feel it adds to the charcter. If you want perfectly filtered/pasteurised beer then get some cans of Fosters at the supermarket. Or in the 70s nostalgic theme maybe some cans of Tenants lager with pictures of scantily clad ladies on the side.

I don't mind a few "floaters" in my beer either but the problem is that hop debris tend to clog up dispensing lines and taps.

[orlando]

Don't see the problem with having a bit of floating hops material in the beer - as a a bit of an aside some of you will remember Trophy Bitter in the 1970s (or was it Tankard - cant remember which?). Very ordinary beer I will admit but the floating matter sort of characterised it. Anyway one of them had bits floating in it, as does my dry hopped home brew. Personally I feel it adds to the charcter. If you want perfectly filtered/pasteurised beer then get some cans of Fosters at the supermarket. Or in the 70s nostalgic theme maybe some cans of Tenants lager with pictures of scantily clad ladies on the side.

I remember both Titbread Wankard and Whitbread (Big Head) Trophy bitter and both were the nadir of British beer, along with the truly awful Watney's. But they were bright keg beer, the only time you saw anything floating in the glass was because the landlord was too lazy to clean the beer lines regularly. I'd almost forgotten the Tennent's Lager with the lady on the side, thanks

I don't mind a few "floaters" in my beer either

You're on your own there Morten. Would that be a Brown Ale?

[Morten]

I don't mind a few "floaters" in my beer either

You're on your own there Morten. Would that be a Brown Ale?

Well played, sir

[orlando]

I don't mind a few "floaters" in my beer either

You're on your own there Morten. Would that be a Brown Ale?

Well played, sir

Couldn't resist

[raiderman]

[quote="Wood97"]Don't see the problem with having a bit of floating hops material in the beer -/quote]
I don't filter but aside from not wanting to clog the valves or the tap if I give beer to mates I want them to see that home brew is as good or better than a pint at the pub, so I think clarity is important. Mainly tho I'd be worried about clogging the valves

[Barley Water]

Well besides getting the poppets clogged you could also get vegetal matter between your teeth. You know, if the wife is in an otherwise good mood that could be a "deal killer" you know?

[raiderman]

And moving back to dr y hopping I've just ordered a bag of citra pellets w hitch ill add to my Belgian which could use some oomph and ill see what happens!

[orlando]

And moving back to dr y hopping I've just ordered a bag of citra pellets w hitch ill add to my Belgian which could use some oomph and ill see what happens!

I've just started to use pellets in dry hopping and really impressed with their performance on delivering aroma. I've been a little conservative so far (15g in 25 litres) in the keg as I was concerned about the beer clearing and the fact that it will be siting on the "vegetation" for several weeks and will become grassy. So far so good though but still too early to rule out grassy flavours.

[raiderman]

I don't worry about grassy flavours its never happened to me yet and as pellets are more processed my instinct is less risky

[orlando]

To get that Punk IPA aroma hit how much would you need in a standard brew length?

[raiderman]

I don't know. My current profile is all late hopping then post boil then in the fv and dry hoping in the keg if needed. My citra isn't dry hopped in the keg but was 250g 150 ish last 15 then 50 post and 50 in the fv for 5 days and I don't think it needs anymore. As the bitterness isn't aggressive I'm getting a feel for how far I can push it and logically I'm thinking extend dry hopping into the keg. Punk dog is more agrees overly bittered so needs an addition at 60m or a bigger hit at 30 and then a build up of late additions. My instinct would be to work out the bittering and then go loads a t 5 m post fv and keg

[BitterTed]

If I dry hop in keg I take a fine mesh bag, they are called hop socks in some stores, fill it with my hops then take a paper clip and attach it to the bag, then slide one end of the clip into the take tube at the bottom of the corny. The bag floats just off the bottom of the keg but submerged in beer. I have done this many times with no prob to the flow of the beer. Also doing this I have never noticed a vegetal flavour from the hops and have used a large quantity for extended amounts of time.

[raiderman]

If I dry hop in keg I take a fine mesh bag, they are called hop socks in some stores, fill it with my hops then take a paper clip and attach it to the bag, then slide one end of the clip into the take tube at the bottom of the corny. The bag floats just off the bottom of the keg but submerged in beer. I have done this many times with no prob to the flow of the beer. Also doing this I have never noticed a vegetal flavour from the hops and have used a large quantity for extended amounts of time.

I like that idea.