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Dry hopping in the keg ponderings

telemarkus

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Hey all;

just wondering if any of you have ecperimented with dryhopping in the keg.

I have been reading a bit into this and thought I may give it a go. Put the hops in a sanied hop sack and throw them in and then purge O2 and inject CO2. wondering how well that would work. I am trying to prevent throwing the hops into my conical following the primary (letting all that Air in). I am also thinking in terms of If I have a party or for adding fresh hops right before bottling for competition, I can throw the dry hops in the beer keg a couple days before the party/bottling for comp so I really have the freshest hop aroma available apart from using an inline hop infuser. Wondering if dry hopping once a beer is already injected with CO2 is even a possibility or effective.

Thoughts, results?

Cheers,

markus
 
I do it all the time and have never had any negative experiences with it. Personally I worry about the dip tube getting clogged by my muslin bags, so I tie them around the dip tube so they're suspended about halfway down the keg.

I've never done it after the beer is carbed, I always do it while kegging, but I would think you'll still get a bump in aroma with your party/comp prepping idea.
 
I dry hop in the keg.  Two days at room temp and then cold crash.  I use http://www.clearbeerdraughtsystem.com/ with a screen and never had an issue with clogging.
 
Awesome. thanks for the feedback. I will give that a go.

I wonder about multiple dry hoppings. could do it say for 3 days, then another for say 6 and then maybe 12 and crash post that. I am sure it does not matter if you do one or more dry hoppings. I was just envisioning each time you open the keg up to throw in a new back, you seal it and then purge with a bit of CO2 flushing through the system.

Cheers

markus
 
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