Friday, August 12, 2011
Dry Hopping - Carefull!!!!
Ok... so I made an ESB and decided to dry hop it with East Kent Goldings whole leaf hops. I put the hops in about one day after putting the yeast in. It hadn't activated fully yet but I thought I was fine. I should've been as my plan was to dry hop for three days and then get the beer moved to a secondary fermenting vessel. However, I forgot about it. I wasn't home for a few days and by the time I got back, fermentation was pretty much done. On day NINE, I remembered I needed to move the beer. I took a sample and it has a good flavor, but it has now become an IPA! LOL! Oh well, I guess I'll have to try making it again to get it right. It's fine though. I love IPA's as well.
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hi there, I am new - isn't dry hopping done in the secondary fermentation tank after it leaves the primary and all the brewers yeast is separated ?
ReplyDeletesorry, still learning
monkush1974 (twitter)
monkush, you are correct. I don't dry hop much but it is usually done in the secondary fermenter. I don't know what I was thinking. I have never dry hopped in the primary fermenter. Though, I don't know what will happen. This beer is going to be bitter!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post.