Dry hopping a low gravity beer

[SMOKEU]

I've just decided to get back into beer brewing after a break of several years, and I just can't handle alcohol as well as I used to so I'm aiming for something around 3% ABV.

I've already started the 23L (6 gallon) brew and it consists of:

1.7kg Coopers lager pre-hopped liquid malt extract
500g dried pale malt
Standard yeast that the Coopers can came with.

The OG of the beer was 1.032. I have a sealed 100g bag of NZ Cascade hop pellets. I do like my beers reasonably hoppy but not sure how much to add. I'm thinking of putting in 50g (just shy of 2oz) around 4-5 days before bottling. Is 50g of the NZ Cascade hops a good amount for a low gravity beer like this?

 

[Jag75]

Gonna make an IPL , nice. Just depends on what you like . I dry hop my IPA with 4 -5 oz of hops. I brew 5 & 5.5 gallons. I'm not sure what dry hopping effects have on a low abv though.

 

[thehaze]

I think you can easily throw the whole 100 gr as NZ and AUS versions of Cascade are no near as potent as the US grown one. 4-5 days is too long in my opinion. 40 to 60 hours will be enough as long as the dry hop is done at a temp. between 17 and 22C.

 

[mattdee1]

In my experience, the harsh-tasting vegetal characteristics of hops come through a lot more when dry-hopping low-ABV beers. If it were me, I wouldn't put in any more than an ounce.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

... before bottling ...

Assuming you are bottling, half gallon containers (growlers, mason jars, ...) could be useful for experimenting with different hops, hop amounts, and timings off of a 5 gal batch.

Starting out, 48 oz in a 64 oz container will yield 3 bottles per container; after that, adjust the starting volume to reduce losses (if desired).