New dry hop technique

Roger · June 09, 2014, 09:05:34 PM

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 · June 09, 2014, 09:59:32 PM

Did you use pellet or whole leaf?

Roger · June 09, 2014, 10:46:32 PM

Pellet.

Al-Loves-Wine · June 09, 2014, 11:37:53 PM

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 · June 09, 2014, 11:49:08 PM

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 · June 10, 2014, 07:15:16 AM

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 · June 10, 2014, 08:23:43 AM

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

Waterlogged · June 10, 2014, 09:18:54 AM

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 · June 25, 2014, 01:05:20 PM

Taste it yet @Roger ?

Roger · June 25, 2014, 01:29:42 PM

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 · June 25, 2014, 03:33:42 PM

Quote from: Roger on June 25, 2014, 01:29:42 PM
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 · June 25, 2014, 03:59:58 PM

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.