Cloud Surfer
Well-Known Member
I dry hop at the end of fermentation and again in keg using a hop tube. I use a lot of hops to try and get that huge hop aroma, and even split the hops into 2 and use 2 hop tubes in the keg. But still I'm not sure I'm getting as much aroma as I should for the amount of hops I'm using. I was thinking of going back to hop bags as a way to get more beer surface area onto the hops, as they tend to get packed down a bit tight in the hop tubes. What's everyone's experience using hop tubes v hop bags for dry hopping?
I would love to find a way to squeeze all that hop goodness out of the hops at the end of dry hopping so it goes into the beer. But a lot of that stays trapped in the hops of the hop tube with no way to squeeze it out. So maybe using bags and squeezing it out with sanitised tongs is an option.
I would love to find a way to squeeze all that hop goodness out of the hops at the end of dry hopping so it goes into the beer. But a lot of that stays trapped in the hops of the hop tube with no way to squeeze it out. So maybe using bags and squeezing it out with sanitised tongs is an option.