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Offline Stevie

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Re: Secondary options
« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2014, 08:02:55 am »

Will cold crashing even drop hops?


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Sure. I dry hop with pellets and they drop straight to the bottom when I drop the temperature. I didn't have the ability to cold crash the last time i used whole hops, so can't speak to that.

Offline duboman

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Re: Secondary options
« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2014, 08:11:46 am »


Bumping this to clarify...my beer has been in primary for 2 weeks. I'm going to dump the hops straight into the primary while cold crashing. Does this sound right?

Personally I like to dry hop for 5-7 days once the beer has dropped clear, then I toss in the hops. After the 5-7 days I then cold crash for 2-3 days. IME the aroma and flavor is better when dry hopping at ambient temp (60F).
So you cold crash to clear before hops and then again to drop the hops?


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No, I let the beer naturally drop clear, then hop, then crash. My beers usually finish and clear around 14 days from pitch.
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