Must you wait for fermentation to finish or can you start dry hopping during the fermentation process?
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Now you drop a bomb like that this early in the morning.....
The short answer is when you like. The longer one is 4 to 5 days before bottling. Longer leads to grass but thats been disproven. Earlier during fermentation leads to bio transformation. You can google it. Some say it has a huge affect and others Dr. In brewing say it doesn't affect much.
Others say 3 day dry hop is when you have max flavor
Its up to you
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Of the many theories I have heard, the following comes up most and seem to have most legitimacy to me, whether valid or not:
-Dry hopping while there is still off-gassing (fermentation) results in loss of hop aromas
-Dry hopping more than 2 days does not add anything further to the beer [and in my mind, frankly, more days starts eating away into the "fresh hop days" you have after bottling/kegging]
So as a rule I stick to 2 maybe 3 days only before bottling, and only after fermentation seems done
EDIT: I usually just tie that in with my diacetyl rest, when applicableLast edited by Langchop; 13 January 2021, 10:57.Cheers,
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Dry Hop At Yeast Pitch vs. Standard Dry Hop In New England IPA | exBEERiment Results! | Brülosophy (brulosophy.com)
Biotransformation vs. Standard Dry Hop | exBEERiment Results! | Brülosophy (brulosophy.com)
take it for what it's worth, one data point.
I agree with lang, based on smart people measuring hop saturation in beer after 2 days the key indicators do not increase so anything longer is pointless, according to them.
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Thanks for all info !!!
Thus if I have a hop schedule like this for example:
10g 4 days before bottling
10g 2 days before bottling
It can be replace with
20g 2 days before bottling or with 20g 4 days before bottling and the taste will be same? (What I read from your comments and from the articles posted)Busy rebuilding ....
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Originally posted by FaanP View PostThanks for all info !!!
Thus if I have a hop schedule like this for example:
10g 4 days before bottling
10g 2 days before bottling
It can be replace with
20g 2 days before bottling or with 20g 4 days before bottling and the taste will be same? (What I read from your comments and from the articles posted)Cheers,
Lang
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"Dudddde...Hold my beer!".... ; "I wonder what will happen if I ...."
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