vanmoo said:
I am researching recipes for next brew day and have found a space dust clone off of Beer Smith cloud which looks interesting. The recipe calls for dry hoping at 0 days and I am trying to figure out what is meant by this. I cant find answers when I search this.
I have read various guesses from flameout to whirlpool to adding to fermenter prior transferring to keg. Can anyone please tell me what is meant by this? Thanks
Greetings vanmoo - one thing to keep in mind when reviewing recipes published by homebrewers on various websites is that many of the recipes are not ?start to finish? recipes. In other words, I would not consider all the recipes actual and complete especially if the recipe indicates dry hop for 0 days.
In the instance of the ?Dry Hop for 0 days?, my guess is the brewer fully intended to dry hop his brew and in fact DID dry hop it, but simply didn?t enter the actual data into the recipe. And, depending on when the recipe was published, the BS software the brewer used may not have had the ability to add a whirlpool or flame-out hop step so ?0? was the entry by default.
It?s been my experience that dry hop adds aroma; the amount of aroma is determined by the quantity of hops used and the duration in which the hops are in the beer. My preference is 2-3 ounces of Citra for 4-7 days. The aroma is amazing.
Good luck with your brew!