The hops closed into a cotton sack soaking in the fermenting beer during the primary fermentation ... The first couple of times of brewing I took out the hops and the beer came out with a lack of flavor. Since I leave the hop-balls in the beer has a lot of proper flavor. Of course when I make IPA I add dry hop to the secondary fermentation as well.... I taught next time I buy double amount of hops, boil the fresh hops just 5 minutes and leave those hop balls into a primary container ... I just want to know if other people do this and I just want to recommend this method for a more flavorful beer ..
Welcome to the BA site, Tiborkiss. When you see your thread the next time it will be in the Homebrewing forum where it will get the proper audience for a good response. I'm unclear about whether you are strictly talking about dry-hopping, or if you are talking about the hops being in a hops bag during the boil. The hops during the boil should give you all of the flavor that you need if it is a proper recipe, and dry hops typically give you extra aroma and some flavor. You also mention "fresh" hops, and I'm unclear what you mean by that too. Fresh hops typically mean hops that are just picked from the grower's field, and also can be referred to as 'wet' hops. It would also be helpful if you clarify if you are using hop cones (is this what you mean by 'hop balls'?) or if you are using hop pellets. Maybe you are describing boiling the hops for 5 minutes to make a hop 'tea' and then using that in your beer. Dry-hopping in the primary fermentor is generally what everyone does nowadays, so you don't have to consider using a secondary fermentor for that anymore.
I'm reading this as you are questioning leaving your boil and whirlpool hops in the wort as it ferments. I've always wondered if there was any harm in this too as the more utilization I can get the better in my book
Not sure what you mean, or are doing with your hop additions, but I'll speculate anyways. I'm not sure you're getting your full hop utilization by sticking them into socks and containing them. Let them roam free, and be careful when you rack out. Aside from that. What was the question?
