New dry hop technique

[Roger]

So I tried a new way of dry hoping today they call it dry hoping with a slurry. What I did was boil a cup of water for a couple of minutes to sterilise the water and deoxygenate it as well. Then you steep an ounce of hops in the water for a few minutes and add it to the fermenter. Its supposed to increase the hop flavour to the finished product and also make a more rounded flavour. Also wasting a bit less beer to hop absorption. Worth a try I guess I'll post once its keged and see if its worth doing again. 

[robcoombs]

Did you use pellet or whole leaf?

[Roger]

Pellet.

[Al-Loves-Wine]

Interesting idea, I used to do similar back when I was doing Festa brew kits, except I added the boiled hops to the primary. It worked if I remember correctly. Interested to hear how well it works.

[blisster]

Thanks Roger... One more step, haha 

It would be interesting to see how this method compares to the "normal" dry hoping if you split a 10Gal batch in 2 carboys and dry hop one each way..

[Roger]

It would be interesting to see how this method compares to the "normal" dry hoping if you split a 10Gal batch in 2 carboys and dry hop one each way..
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That's exactly what I plan to do next time this time I just used two different hops. I know not exactly a controlled experiment! But I planned to use two different hops in the first place.

[jamie_savoie]

Funny, I tried the same technique with my tropicAle.  Great mind think alike 

[Waterlogged]

I have 3X5 gallons of IPA I put on yesterday.  I will try the hop slurry on at least one and the pellets into another. 

[Two Wheeler]

Taste it yet @Roger ?

[Roger]

Yes I've been drinking it for about a week now. The hops are defiantly not as sharp as usual. But to be fair I didn't do a controlled experiment with one dry hopped normal and the other with a slurry. So I'll do that next time. But maybe @Waterlogged  can chime in weather he's noticed a difference with his last batch he experimented with.

[jamie_savoie]

Yes I've been drinking it for about a week now. The hops are defiantly not as sharp as usual. But to be fair I didn't do a controlled experiment with one dry hopped normal and the other with a slurry. So I'll do that next time. But maybe @Waterlogged  can chime in weather he's noticed a difference with his last batch he experimented with.

my tropicAle at the last meeting was made that way.  I didn't do a control test too so it's hard to compare.  But I did find it had a little more flavor.  Aroma was pretty much as before imo.  But without a controlled test it’s hard to say.  I have an american wheat fermenting that I’ll dry hop a little bit, I will do a controlled test with that batch and will report back

[Waterlogged]

I just kegged the IPA I used the hop slurry on the other day.  When I drank the beer I used to test the final gravity there was definilty a nice prononced hop flavour but I must say I was a bit disappointed with the lack of hop aromoa.  Now I did have it cold chrashing for a week and had added some gelatin so that may play a part.  I find the beer needs to be carbonated and aged a little before the hop aroma realy stands out.  I kegged on of the other carboys that I dry hopped the uesual way and did not cold crash.  Same great flavour but a little mor aroma.  So the jury is still out until I can do a side by side taste test with the finished beer.