2 Step Dry Hopping

[tenbrew]

I'm brewing a heady topper clone and it calls for 5.5 oz of dry hops split in half and added at two different times. One in the primary, and one in the secondary a week later.

Why wouldn't I just add them all in at once? What's the science behind this that makes the extra work worth it, since I'm lazy and don't usually secondary?

Thanks.

 

[Pkrd]

Theres some talk and double dry hopping here. My next big IPA I'm going to dry hop during active ferment and then at cold crash.

https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3187-advanced-dry-hopping-techniques

 

[helibrewer]

The Pliny the Younger recipe has 4 dry hop additions, each one week apart and you have to remove the previous hops each time. I use a SS mesh cylinder in my keg, makes it real easy.

 

[Johow]

Yes, if you keg your beer, try that last addition in the keg.