I have been dry hopping in my keg with pellets inside stainless tea balls which I leave in the keg the entire time, which has produced good aroma and flavor. But after reading some other threads I do not think I am getting the full potential out of my dry hopping. Someone else mentioned that the lower the temp the longer it would take for the hops to produce their full aromas and flavors. I put the hops into the keg, purge, then rack onto pellets within tea balls and carb immediately. My concern is that the hops are only exposed to cold conditions and I might not be getting as much out of dry hopping as I could with another process. I will usually, it's hard not to sneak a cup or two, let the beer sit for 7 days before drinking.
I liked the keg dry hoping method because it requires less transferring and I can carb and dry hop at the same time. Instead of doing the previously mentioned method, does anyone have an opinion on dry hopping in the primary? I don't want to transfer to my secondary in order to dry hop, I was thinking of dry hopping in the primary as soon as it reaches FG, letting it sit for 7 days, then racking and using gelatin in my keg to gather whatever hop material or other material might have gotten sucked into the keg. The guy I buy my grains/yeast from here in town said to use the gelatin in the keg, says first couple cups may be hazy buy after that its good to go. I never asked him about this recent idea of dry hopping in the primary.
Any comments?
I liked the keg dry hoping method because it requires less transferring and I can carb and dry hop at the same time. Instead of doing the previously mentioned method, does anyone have an opinion on dry hopping in the primary? I don't want to transfer to my secondary in order to dry hop, I was thinking of dry hopping in the primary as soon as it reaches FG, letting it sit for 7 days, then racking and using gelatin in my keg to gather whatever hop material or other material might have gotten sucked into the keg. The guy I buy my grains/yeast from here in town said to use the gelatin in the keg, says first couple cups may be hazy buy after that its good to go. I never asked him about this recent idea of dry hopping in the primary.
Any comments?