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I haven't used Mosiac so I can't give hop specific advice - but if you stick with your original schedule then the first dry hop charge will have been in the mix for 12 days before you rack off them. A touch too long by most dry hopping rules of thumb. You could be at risk of extracting vegetal flavours.
I'd rack off the first lot for the second dry hop. Minimise splashing and if you can c02 double flush the secondary fermentor to prevent hop oxidation and keep all those fresh aromas intact.
You could still be lazy, crash chill now and do your second dry hop at the same time. That brings you down to 9 days total dry hop, probably a little longer than recommended but I doubt you'll get any issues.
Yup. I would go with Tilts advice Paul. That cascade ale you tried of mine was double dry hopped. 3 days for each dry hop, and I dumped the hops out the bottom of the conical and then threw more in the top. I think if dry hops are in there too long it can get a bit grassy/astringent (depending on the hops).
From the reading I have done, most of the oils/aroma in the hops will have gone into the beer in the first 3 days.
I generally try and rack off the dry hop if am doing a second hop addition. I don't see the point in doing a second addition if you aren't going to remove the first, at that point I think you are better just doing one very large dry hop. The point of two additions is to try and reduce and harsh flavours that develop with time, maximise the surface area of wort in contact with hops and increase oil extraction. I'd go with racking into a carboy purged with C02, warm condition for 2 days then cold crash and fine. I find this works well with my hoppy beers, although I tend to favour shorter contact times than most people (5 days max, 3 days is preferable) because I am paranoid about grassiness. Might not be such an issue in a darker beer though.
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