New subject: Fwd: Re: dry hopping: how long is too long?

15 Mar 2002

I have experienced good results from dry hopping with pellets in the
secondary as well.
Question:
I once purchased some kegs and while cleaning them found that one contained
a small amount of beer along with a nylon bag containing hop leaves. Is dry
hopping in the keg in this manner effective? Does anyone know of pros/cons
for this method?
Bob Carter
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To: "Michael Valentiner" &lt;mpv(a)yuck.net&gt;
Subject: Re: dry hopping: how long is too long?
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:05:26 -0800
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Hi Men,
From my experience grassiness will be evident with leaf hops or plugs. It
will subside with time but it will happen. The older the hop, the worse it
gets. I now dry-hop with pellets and have much better results. I like to use
...
 a hopback with leaf hops for the best results.
I've found that dry-hopping
is not needed with the hopback. If you made it to the multi-club campout,
the cask IPA I made was dry-hopped for 2 months. I hope this helps.
Wayne
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From: "Michael Valentiner" &lt;mpv(a)yuck.net&gt;
To: "Steve Fletty" &lt;fletty(a)tc.umn.edu&gt;; &lt;mba(a)thebarn.com&gt;
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: dry hopping: how long is too long?
>  Steve,
>
>  You'll be ok for another week.  Dry hopping typical kicks off a
>  second fermentation and you want to let that run its course.
>  Grassiness can be an issue, but I never had a problem due to
>  duration.  I no longer dry hop, but I did have grassiness problem
>  once due to dry hopping with the wrong hops (one of those
>  super-alpha, Cascade-like American varieties).
>
>  >I've got an IPA with 1 oz of Kent Goldings in the 2ndry. I've had
>  >the Goldings in there for 2 weeks now. I was going to bottle
>  >before heading out of town for a week, but the yeast deciced
>  >to wake up and the beer is fermenting again slowly. The basement is
>  >a bit cool and the beer did finish a few points high.
>  >
>  >So, I'm wondering, if I don't bottle 'til I get back, is 3-4
weeks
>  >too long to dry hop?
>  >
>  >I've heard some people say dry hopping too long will lead to grassy
>  >flavors, but I've heard other people say it isn't an issue.
>  >
>  >--
>  >Steve
>  &gt;fletty(a)umn.edu
>
>  --
>
>  Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
>  mpv(a)yuck.net 
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