Hey Weisseguy, question about your dry hopping. You mentioned brewing a 3 gallon batch right? You fermented in a 5 gallon fermentor with some head space right?
Did you do a secondary fermentation in order to dry hop? I'm doing a 3 gallon next weekend and fermenting in a 5 gallon. I cant dry hop with single step fermentation because opening the lid will let in way too much air and contaminate.
Post #27 made 12 years ago
Lampy all of you're assumptions are correct. However I did not use a secondary fermentor. So air contamination was not a big deal. I assume your not using a carboy but instead a bucket. If so I would check with others about whether or not pulling the lid off is really a cause for contamination . The one time I used a bucket I know that it didn't cause a problem pulling the lid off to check gravity. But that's just one experience. Hope it goes well with you. And I am glad to help .
