Dry Hopping While Beer is on Fruit

[razyrsharpe]

Can i dry hop while my beer is racked on top of pineapple? i am racking a wheat beer to the secondary on top of 2lbs of fresh pineapple and i am curious if i can dry hop with 2 oz. of Belma hops (same variety used in the recipe) at the same time. Does anyone have experience in this technique? Thanks!

 

[razyrsharpe]

Can i dry hop while my beer is racked on top of pineapple? i am racking a wheat beer to the secondary on top of 2lbs of fresh pineapple and i am curious if i can dry hop with 2 oz. of Belma hops (same variety used in the recipe) at the same time. Does anyone have experience in this technique? Thanks!

 

[Talgrath]

One of the main issues would be that the fruit will cause another fermentation, active fermentation will decrease hop flavor and aroma to a certain extent. That said, it's certainly possible, you'll just get better results with a separate dry hop.

 

[razyrsharpe]

Nobody? this is a first.

 

[ong]

Typically you would want to dry hop after active fermentation has subsided. When you rack onto the fresh pineapple, you're adding new sugar, which means a new fermentation. That means more CO2 is being produced, which tends to scrub hop aroma. I would think the ideal would be to rack off the pineapple, then dry hop for however many days.

 

[photobru]

So far every time I've used fruit it ends up floating, so if that's the case with the pineapple I'm not sure it'll work too well. I use pellets, so I think all the hop matter would just stick to the fruit and float up, which may or may not be a bad thing. With whole hops I don't think it would be an issue though.

EDIT: Plus what ong said. I forgot about the renewed fermentation aspect so his idea may be your best bet.

 

[razyrsharpe]

i also found the fruit floating. and i read another thread that said hops will negate or curtail the aromas of the fruit if done together. thanks for chiming in, i believe that i will forgo the dry hop and just use the fruit.

 

[razyrsharpe]

after reading a bit more, i think i will forgo the dry hopping and just use the fruit this go around. thanks for responding.

 

[brewmesomewater]

Let the fruit float, let the second fermentation finish then throw a stainless steel weight in your hop bag so it will sink the bag. BTW weighing down the hops have produced better results than letting them stay afloat in my expirience.