Dry Hopping After Carbonation

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Permalink Reply by Chris on January 10, 2015 at 10:47am

You could try a randall to get a blast of aroma and flavour from your keg.

I have dry hopped after the fact once, i bled the pressure over time to ensure that foaming was kept to a minimum. The hops will cause nucleation when added to carbonated beer.

You have to make sure you boil your muslin bags and its all sanitary.

i didn't get tannin flavours from it. (do you add a ping pong ball so the hops float on top or do you let it sink to the bottom?

Might be the proximity to the outlet.

Hope that helps

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Permalink Reply by MrC on January 10, 2015 at 10:52am

Thanks Chris.

I always boil the bag first and add a ping pong ball to keep it afloat.  I also remove it after 5 days.  Foaming has never been a problem for me.

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Permalink Reply by Reuben Rowntree on January 11, 2015 at 11:19am

I've tried this a few times. It probably depends on the hop type but you'll get a burst of polyphenols with pellets in particular that will give a bit of astringency. It usually seems to mellow with time. Maybe try less, around 20-40g should be heaps but depends on what you like of course.
I've tried just submerging the bag and tying the bag to the dip tube so it only gets a few days contact as you drink it. Works well.

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Permalink Reply by David Williams on January 11, 2015 at 12:04pm

I've become quite a convert to dry hopping in the keg with a stainless mesh ball. The small 5 cm ones seem to work well for me I just half fill to give the pellets room to expand. I just wash then starsan and chuck in when kegging. I've had them in for a number of weeks without getting grassiness. I may not have the best palate of course but I do think I've noticed grassiness with dry hopping too long in the fermenter.

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