I'm not sure if I should pretend that this was some sort of experiment, or just admit that I failed to think through the whole process on my very first AG batch.. either way, I am not really sure how to deal with it.
I just plopped my dry hopping hops on top of my freshly cooled wort in the primary, and pitched. I got a nice active fermentation, but during the process, a good deal of my hops was held up and out of the wort by the krausen. Some days later, I racked into a secondary carboy and there she sits for another week.
Do the more experienced brewers here think that my dry hops actually did their thing before getting stuck in the foam above the waterline? and does having the hop pellets present during active/early fermentation change the nature of the hops or the fermentation in any way?
I sampled a little to see if I could tell if I should be re-hop, but I had a hard time deciding.. I have not yet learned to taste/smell the progress in a warm/uncarbonated beer. My first impression was that it was thick, and a good deal sweeter than I had expected. For the record, it is a maris otter/citra smash.
opinions?
[edit:correct typos]
I just plopped my dry hopping hops on top of my freshly cooled wort in the primary, and pitched. I got a nice active fermentation, but during the process, a good deal of my hops was held up and out of the wort by the krausen. Some days later, I racked into a secondary carboy and there she sits for another week.
Do the more experienced brewers here think that my dry hops actually did their thing before getting stuck in the foam above the waterline? and does having the hop pellets present during active/early fermentation change the nature of the hops or the fermentation in any way?
I sampled a little to see if I could tell if I should be re-hop, but I had a hard time deciding.. I have not yet learned to taste/smell the progress in a warm/uncarbonated beer. My first impression was that it was thick, and a good deal sweeter than I had expected. For the record, it is a maris otter/citra smash.
opinions?
[edit:correct typos]