Comments on: Dry Hopping: Enhanced Hops Aroma

By: Brooklyn Lager | Beer-Geek, Dude. Beer Reviews, beer research, love and save the ales

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:04:52 +0000

[...] of a lager, but hey, I love the hops. All of these hop notes come from dry-hopping the beer. Beersmith says, “Real hopheads will tell you that in addition to boil and late hop additions, adding dry [...]

By: Brewing my first beer

Brewing my first beer — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:05:15 +0000

[...] bitter flavor. Often you can smell the hops in beer, especially if the brewer uses the process of dry hopping. Here’s a picture of Dan’s boiling pot. I believe it holds 5 gallons, so it’s [...]

By: rand(Andy Trommer) » Blog Archive » Coffee and Beer

rand(Andy Trommer) » Blog Archive » Coffee and Beer — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:11:51 +0000

[...] hints, Rick convinced Ethan and I to do an IPA next. While the overall process was similar, the dry-hopping stage was a fun addition. The conditioning is far longer than the other beers we did, and [...]

By: overcarbed.com - your homebrewing and beer destination

overcarbed.com - your homebrewing and beer destination — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:52 +0000

[...] after reading about it’s unique production in brew like a monk (it is dry-hopped and local wild yeasts including brett are added during secondary fermentation), I figured I could [...]

By: Old Engineer

Old Engineer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:42 +0000

O ye purists – whyfor art thee feared?

I, a beginner, bunged a handful of Sauvin Nelson loose leaf into my serving keg and happily enjoyed the odorous result in complete ignorance of bacterial contamination risks (and filtration problems).

If I was going to produced a thousand pints mostly for the consumption of others, I suppose it would be necessary to ‘think safety’. But small batches for domestic consumption, who cares what happens? You can always accelerate your drinking to destroy the evidence.

By: kickbooty

kickbooty — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:20:59 +0000

Thanks for the advice. I have an IPA going right now. I’ll probably go with adding my loose leaf hops in a secondary and use a screen on the dip tube. I love your Beersmith software program Brad – it has made my brewing experience so much better! At least 3 of my brew buddies rely on it also. Cheers – Gil

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:34:22 +0000

In general dry hopping is considered safe as hops are naturally antibiotic (in fact, hop oils in beer help to preserve it). I’ve never heard of anyone getting an infection just from dry hopping. However if you want to take additional precautions, I see no problem with that either. However I would not recommend boiling the hops since that will boil off many of the delicate aromatic oils you are trying to capture with this technique.

By: TiBrew

TiBrew — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:32:39 +0000

As far as dry hop sanitation goes, is it considered safe to drop in hop pellets with no sanitation steps as hop pellets cannot be assumed to be sanitary? What if you put the hops in the microwave for 10 seconds prior? Or what if you put just a fraction of an ounce of near boiling water on the hops immediately before adding to secondary? I’ve had perfectly good beers go sour in the secondary with dry hops. My sanitation techniques are constant for each carboy, so I narrowed it down to the hop addition. Good article, too, by the way.

By: Got Cabin Fever? «

Got Cabin Fever? « — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:53:49 +0000

[...] hardy meal as well as your favorite spicy dish. However, with it’s cold conditioned, smooth, dry-hopped flavor, Cabin Fever is very satisfying all by itself. Come in from the cold and grab a taste of [...]

By: Dry hopping? What is it, why do it? - Home Brew Forums

Dry hopping? What is it, why do it? - Home Brew Forums — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:25:46 +0000

[...] you can taste it! Here’s some words on it from the "pros": BYO – Dry Hopping: Techniques Dry Hopping: Enhanced Hops Aroma | Home Brewing Beer Blog by BeerSmith __________________ Broken Leg Brewery "God have mercy on the man who doubts what he’s sure [...]