I was sure I'd find a thread like this by searching but I didn't so... How do you guys dry hop with your pellets? Just throw em in or in a bag? and do you necessarily cold crash after this?
I always seem to regret going commando, a little bit ends up in the keg and then there is a decent chance of hop particles ending up in the tap which leads to drips. If you keg, I think the best way is bag in the keg. You can suspend from the top of the keg if you are worried about contact time, but I have not had an issue if the keg is refrigerated the whole time. I don't think I have ever keg hopped and then left at room temp.
Yeah, it always gets kegged...which means it gets crashed *...after a week (@37*F) ...I only use pellets for dry hopping (99%) : )
I used to go commando right into my fermenter, then I would cold crash for roughly 24 hours before kegging. My last batch I dry hopped in a bag in the keg, I think I'm going to continue with this method from now on.
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Commando, and with pellets. They always seem to drop well enough for me to be able to rack my beer, without sucking up any in my siphon.
Both. I generally go commando in the primary, cold crash, rack to keg where I have a second dry hop suspended in a bag.
If I'm using whole hops (which I usually do because I grow my own) I won't use the bag. But if I have to use pellets I'll use the bag every time. For me using whole hops is kind of a romantic choice. If I'm going to make an IPA, I want it traditional. (Totally my preference and I do like other IPA) I use only whole hops, and I cold crash it, and keg it. I am very careful while kegging so I have never had a problem with clogging or dripping, and in my opinion the IPA comes out with the perfect clarity. Again though, just my preference.
