Hi, as I've mentioned before I'm a seasoned homebrewer but a green probrewer, and this question will demonstrate that.
In the past, when I've dry hopped, it's been by putting hops in the bottom of a vessel and dropping room temp beer on top of them.
In my brewpub, we use one 15-bbl conical to ferment and age the beer, only removing it from the conical when it's ready to go to the brite tank.
I dry hopped a 15bbl batch of beer with 3.5 kg of pellet hops 4 days ago by dropping the hops through the PRV on top of the conical. At the time, the beer was already crashed to freezing temp (and it still is).
As of today, there is only the subtilest hop aroma and I was wanting it to be pretty significant.
Wondering what the reason is. Some possibilities:
The other way I can dry hop is to tie a hop bag to the CO2 stone in the brite tank before I fill it. This sounds like a pain, but if that's the best way to do it, that's still an option.
Can someone shed some light here?
Thanks.
In the past, when I've dry hopped, it's been by putting hops in the bottom of a vessel and dropping room temp beer on top of them.
In my brewpub, we use one 15-bbl conical to ferment and age the beer, only removing it from the conical when it's ready to go to the brite tank.
I dry hopped a 15bbl batch of beer with 3.5 kg of pellet hops 4 days ago by dropping the hops through the PRV on top of the conical. At the time, the beer was already crashed to freezing temp (and it still is).
As of today, there is only the subtilest hop aroma and I was wanting it to be pretty significant.
Wondering what the reason is. Some possibilities:
- The "top hopping" technique doesn't mix them effectively
- The cold temperature slows down the process
- 4 days isn't long enough and I should be patient
- I didn't use enough hops
- Something else
The other way I can dry hop is to tie a hop bag to the CO2 stone in the brite tank before I fill it. This sounds like a pain, but if that's the best way to do it, that's still an option.
Can someone shed some light here?
Thanks.
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