Dry Hopping in Primary...why not?

[TheDarkSide]

Another good source of info is any episode of Can You Brew It where Nate is the brewer.

The Green Flash West Coast IPA episode is when I started feeling better about dry hopping in primary after hearing Nathan talk about how he did the clone. And even rousing the hops every couple days as well.

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

Another good source of info is any episode of Can You Brew It where Nate is the brewer.

The Green Flash West Coast IPA episode is when I started feeling better about dry hopping in primary after hearing Nathan talk about how he did the clone. And even rousing the hops every couple days as well.

I couldn't remember which episode was the best, but that was it!

[Ozwald]

+1 to a lot of the above info.

I wait for fermentation to finish up, dump in the dry hops & keg a few days later. If there's something special about the yeast cake, I might harvest it first, but that's extremely rare. Even when repitching, a quick yeast rinse will get 90%+ of the dry hop matter out of the sample. Prop it with a starter & I don't even worry about the oils.

[hoodie]

Sierra Nevada does it to some extent. (Read Stan's book) If your worried about losing some of the flavor to the yeast, do as Tasty suggests, "add more hops" . Even if are transferring, there will still be yeast present. Do swirl the carboy though, that thick green mass on top is not in contact with the beer.

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

If your worried about losing some of the flavor to the yeast, do as Tasty suggests, "add more hops"

As with filtering, it's a recipe issue.

[PorkSlapper]

Another good source of info is any episode of Can You Brew It where Nate is the brewer.

The Green Flash West Coast IPA episode is when I started feeling better about dry hopping in primary after hearing Nathan talk about how he did the clone. And even rousing the hops every couple days as well.

Thanks a bunch Darkside and Dirk. I have to say as a new brewer my IPA is the most popular among my friends and family. Nothing like a heavy dose of flamout hops and a double round of dry hopping to cover up all the screw ups along the way!