Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

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Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

Post by TimG » Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:54 am

Just wondering what the pros/cons of dry hopping pre-keg (in the secondary after fermentation is done) versus hanging a hop bag inside the keg. I need to wait a week for it to carb up anyways, so doing it in the keg doesn't add any additional time. My beers usually only last a month or two in the keg, so I shouldn't get any grassy flavours (I'm using pellet hops)??

Seems like a no brainer to dry hop in the keg no?

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Re: Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

Post by mr x » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:04 pm

I left hops in the keg for over 7 months with no grassy flavour, but it was a massive hop bomb.
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Re: Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

Post by TimG » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:40 pm

X, those were leaf or pellet hops? Does it matter for dry hopping in the keg?

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Re: Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

Post by NASH » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:49 pm

Dry-hopping in a bag will always minimize efficiency, especially with pellets. If you can, dry-hop in the secondary, loose. If not, in the keg is okay but the hops will begin lending the green grassy flavour which isn't a bad taste by any means, sort of similar to a fresh hopped beer.

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Re: Dry hopping pre-keg or in the keg?

Post by Keggermeister » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:59 pm

I would lean away from dry hopping with loose pellets... They WILL clog your dip tube. Put them in a tea ball, pantyhose, something very fine. I have been bit before!

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