Recent content by NHMikeT

I finally had this beer on tap for first time at their pub in Portland last weekend, and I can see why it won gold at GABF. That's also some great info from the brewer, and is in line with what the guy at the bar would tell me about it. I'm only surprised to see that they use "traditionally...

Exactly what I ended up doing. Probably had to sacrifice 0.5-0.75 gallons but at least I'm carbing some gunk-free beer now.

Yeah, I tried just about everything except this method (without poppets) and it's still clogged, so I'll likely just siphon this out once it's crashed again. @IslandLizard - what kind of "fine muslin" are you talking about? I use what I think is the standard voile for hop sacks (actually...

Thanks for the replies. @IslandLizard - I actually have another keg of same beer that I did just using a weighted nylon sack and it didn't clog (it also doesn't have quite as much aroma either, which is why I was attempting the free-float method). @beersk - that sounds interesting...

I'm hoping that someone out there has some better ideas than me. I’m on my first attempt at a new dry-hopping method in the keg with pellets, like this: http://www.bear-flavored.com/2014/09/how-i-dry-hop-my-ipas-with-no-oxygen.html I did a closed transfer from carboy to keg and was hoping...

Glad this is still going, there are definitely some great articles posted here. Just to update from a month ago, my latest IPA unfortunately still produced some of the same flavors that have been discussed here - albeit to a much lesser extent, and I believe it was the hops used for dry-hopping...

awesome that this thread is still going. I just brewed again after six-month hiatus due to a move and an IPA is dry-hopping in the keg now. I did a fully closed transfer from carboy to keg through the liquid out side. I'm hoping that this will solve the problem. I do think that my problem...

HellBent, sorry for the late reply, but I just dry-hopped in the keg for the first time last weekend. Yet to see the results, but expecting good things. How did yours go?

HAHA, sweet. Thanks for the tip. Good to know in case I want to put another charge of hops half-way through the keg.

day-trippr - what about foaming? I've read that adding dry hops to already-carbed beer will create a lot of foaming. I added just over 2oz of whole hops into the stainless dry-hopper (this thing: http://stainlessbrewing.3dcartstores.com/Dry-Hopper-with-twist-cap_p_155.html) and sealed the keg...

Alright, thanks for the data point! I'll probably do something similar

First thread started here - I'm dry-hopping my house IPA in the keg for the first time and decided to try 4-5 days at room temp (about 65 degF) then put in the kegerator. I'm just wondering if I should start carbonating at room temp as well? If I'm targeting 2.3 vols CO2 that would be...

two batches, 3 gal + 5 gal, plus the previous two posts sounds like = 4888

interesting to see how common this problem is... grathan – sorry for the delay but in response to your post on 11/5/13 I wanted to wait until I’d sampled a bottle of my latest batch before responding. Unfortunately, since this batch wasn’t kegged, it won’t address your issues with kegging...

Wynne-R, I like the sound of your method and am hoping to do something like this at bottling for the double IPA I'm fermenting right now. I just can't seem to get the intensity I want from the dry-hop (even with 4oz). Three questions: 1) Have you done this with pellet hops? 2) Do you mix...