Dry Hopping Amounts...

[cleaninglady]

Just putting a partial lager recipe in the Secondary and want a suggestion on how many grams of Saaz i should add to just give it a hint of hoppiness up front.

The recipe was :


Coopers Pilsner Liquid Malt Extract - 1.7Kg

1 Kg Light DME

Grains : Pilsner Malt (German) 200g , Vienna Malt 200g

Saaz Pellets : 10g Approx. (Flavour)

Yeast : Saflager S23

cheers

cL

 

[Screwtop]

Adding hops in secondary won't provide bitterness only aroma/flavour. Rule of thumb is 1g/L but that's a starting point, depending on the hop and what you get from it.

Cheers,

Screwy

 

[Oatlands Brewer]

Hey Screwy would that 1gr/L apply to all beer styles...im doing a double/imperial ipa and was hopeing to dry hop it with simcoe

 

[Screwtop]

Hey Screwy would that 1gr/L apply to all beer styles...im doing a double/imperial ipa and was hopeing to dry hop it with simcoe

Not hard and fast OB, just a starting point, Simcoe is up there in citrus aroma/flavour so might be a good place to start. For a big thing like a 2IPA maybe use another 1g/L of something with some earthiness or grapefruit or marmalade, thinking Chinook or Cascade or maybe Columbus or Galaxy. A 2IPA should cope with it, what do others think?

Screwy

 

[cleaninglady]

Not hard and fast OB, just a starting point, Simcoe is up there in citrus aroma/flavour so might be a good place to start. For a big thing like a 2IPA maybe use another 1g/L of something with some earthiness or grapefruit or marmalade, thinking Chinook or Cascade or maybe Columbus or Galaxy. A 2IPA should cope with it, what do others think?

Screwy

Thanks ! I'm just going for upfront aroma and a little flavour ; went with approx 10Grams.

cL

 

[Stuster]

I agree with Screwy's suggestion as a starting point. For a IIPA though, I think that you'll probably be happier with a bit more. I've never gone really wild with dry hopping, but a recent American IPA I did around 2g/l and that wasn't too much at all. In fact, I think I'll bump it up a bit next time.

 

[Oatlands Brewer]

Thanks bloke,

Ill have 30g of Simcoe to dry hop and ie got about 20gr of cascade leftovers so ill give them both a go.

WOW...this will bring the hop bill up to 150gr in a 20 lt brew........ :icon_drool2:

 

[Dazza_devil]

Another thing to consider when dry-hopping may be how long you are going to mature the beer. Hop aroma appears to be the first thing to fade with time.

 

[manticle]

Saaz can give some grassiness when dry hopped (at least it has to me) so I wouldn't leave it in too long.

 

[steve78]

Saaz can give some grassiness when dry hopped (at least it has to me) so I wouldn't leave it in too long.

I made a Pils with 20g saaz at the 15 and 30 min mark, then 5g at dryhop, and found the flavour to be a bit too much. Next time, I think I'll go a 20 min addition and same dryhop. Fresh Saaz is a beautiful thing, but I wouldn't overdo it.

 

[katzke]

Thanks bloke,

Ill have 30g of Simcoe to dry hop and ie got about 20gr of cascade leftovers so ill give them both a go.

WOW...this will bring the hop bill up to 150gr in a 20 lt brew........ :icon_drool2:

Not too much if it is a normal American IPA. For an Imperial it seems a bit on the low side. An Imperial should have some sugar left in it and the extra alcohol needs to be balanced with malt and hops.