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Offline brewdog86

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first time dry hopping
« on: March 30, 2011, 09:07:35 pm »
im dry hopping for the first time and noticed after a few days the hops are kinda brown looking.... all good or is it an issue?

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Re: first time dry hopping
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 09:12:39 pm »
could just be the petals. the lupulin glands are intact and fine I'm sure. RDWHAHB

Offline jeffy

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Re: first time dry hopping
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 04:57:50 am »
What color is the beer?  I can see how hops would be gettting brown in a stout or porter.
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Offline brewdog86

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Re: first time dry hopping
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 03:26:12 pm »
its a amarillo pale ale kit from midwest that i dry hopped cause alot of the reviews said it worked well for them. they dont look like they are rotting but almost look wilted

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Re: first time dry hopping
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2011, 07:47:06 pm »
If you bought the hops frozen I wouldn't worry about it. It's normal for them to change color slightly upon dry hopping.
Ron Price