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Second brew any tips?

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  • 09-01-2014 4:00pm
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    STEINBERG
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭


    Hey lads, so after finaly bottling my first batch, a Coopers real ale, i am going to leave that for another 2 or 3 weeks before i open one.

    The missus came home from work today with a nice suprise for me, a Woodforde's Nelson Revenge 3KG kit. Now before i do anything with this one i am just wondering if anybody has any experience with this kit?

    Im kind of thinking to just go with the norm, but i am also maybe wanting to try and dry hop it in secondary if there is even a point in that,,"i dont mind my beers cloudy" would it be ok to dry hop in primary? and for how long?

    thanks
    New Hombrewer,, excited and curious


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    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,786 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    You can dry hop in primary no problem. There's no agreement on the amount of time, some professionals dry hop for 3-4 days, some do it for 2 weeks. The general consensus is that the longer you leave the hops there the "grassier" the beer will get. I tend to give it about a week personally.


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    STEINBERG
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭STEINBERG


    Thanks irish_goat, i think i'l leave it primary for 2 weeks and dry hop for the 3rd week. Just want to get used to trying new stuff and i guess dry hopping is probably the easiest thing to do for now.. would you suggest any particular hops?


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