Dry Hop in Stages?
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A friend sent me an old article written by the brewers at Stone regarding IPA's. One of the things that I found curious was a concept around dry hoping in stages. Basically, dry hop for 5 days pull the bag and add fresh hops for another 5 days (or whatever your durations will be).
Curious if any of you have used this technique and if yes was it worth the extra effort? -
Hmmm.... interesting concept .... get lots out of it without the silly grassy taste ....Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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i don't see the benefit to this, personally. it would waste lots of beer and lots of hops though. i have dry hopped for 15 days and never noticed any "grassy" flavors that i hear about
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I don't understand how a single dry hop at twice the amount is different than two separate 5 day dry hops. But I don't go crazy for hops either."On it. I hate software." ~Cpt Snarklepants
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C_dubbs said:
I don't understand how a single dry hop at twice the amount is different than two separate 5 day dry hops. But I don't go crazy for hops either.
marketing mostly.
if i saw a beer that said "dry hopped" next to one that said "double stage dry hopped" and could only buy one even though i had tried neither of them.......i know which i am choosing.
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frydogbrews said:C_dubbs said:
I don't understand how a single dry hop at twice the amount is different than two separate 5 day dry hops. But I don't go crazy for hops either.
marketing mostly.
if i saw a beer that said "dry hopped" next to one that said "double stage dry hopped" and could only buy one even though i had tried neither of them.......i know which i am choosing.
intuitively i disagree, though i have no experimental evidence to refute it.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
frydogbrews said:C_dubbs said:
I don't understand how a single dry hop at twice the amount is different than two separate 5 day dry hops. But I don't go crazy for hops either.
marketing mostly.
if i saw a beer that said "dry hopped" next to one that said "double stage dry hopped" and could only buy one even though i had tried neither of them.......i know which i am choosing.
yep. go for the doppelbock next to those two.
The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake -
FromZwolle said:frydogbrews said:C_dubbs said:
I don't understand how a single dry hop at twice the amount is different than two separate 5 day dry hops. But I don't go crazy for hops either.
marketing mostly.
if i saw a beer that said "dry hopped" next to one that said "double stage dry hopped" and could only buy one even though i had tried neither of them.......i know which i am choosing.
yep. go for the doppelbock next to those two.
dang straight!Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
