J W Lees

[pas8280]

I am looking at doing a JW Lees Bitter from Grahams marvelous book (crimbo prezzie) the recipe calls for dry hopping of Goldings, now i have never dry hopped and up till now keep my brews in primary FV for 10 days (works nicely round my shift pattern) then drop to bottling bucket and bottle, which is all working fine for me at this stage, now i suppose my question would be how much difference would there be if i dont dry hop, and if i do dry hop can i just do it in the FV after the yeast head has dropped down or will i have to think about secondary fermentation ?.
I had a thought that i would use one of the stainless tea infuser balls and suspend it in the brew with a piece of string, then i thought that might raise sterilisation issues then i thought sod it i will ask the experts, hence the post cheers all

[6470zzy]

I suggest racking your beer to a secondary and then adding your dry hops. Many brewers simply toss the hops in loose, I prefer to add them in a weighted sterilized bag and let them sit for 10 days. Personal preference really.

Cheers

[Dennis King]

I brewed this clone which was around the time I visited the north west and tried the original. Thought it was a good copy, I did`nt dry hop