Hey everyone. I know there are many threads on here about hop flavor and aroma fading while in the keg. I've read a bunch of them but I can't seem to find an explanation to my recent dilemma.
I recently brewed a Galaxy Smash IPA and it turned out amazing. I dry hopped with 2 ounces in the primary and let them sit for 5 days before cold crashing. When I kegged the beer, I drew a sample and it wasn't crystal clear but not bad at all. I put 2 ounces and a stainless marble for weight in a wilserbrewer dry hop bag and into the keg when I filled it. (Awesome bags, by the way) I put the keg on CO2 and left it for a week. So then it was time to pour the first pint from the keg. When I poured it, it was really murky! And I'm talking MURKY, like I mixed a spoonful of flour in the glass! However, WOW! The hop flavor and aroma was crazy intense! So since then, every pint has been a little clearer than the last. Problem is, it seems like with each pint, the hop flavor and aroma diminishes a little also. It hasn't cleared up completely. It's still a bit hazy. It's still a great beer but not as great as those first few pints. The keg dry hops are still in there and I don't plan to remove them till the keg is kicked. No pints have shown any signs of hop sediment either.
So what's up with that? Is it possible the hop oils dropped to the bottom of the keg and that's what was causing the murkiness and intense hop flavor and aroma?
Thanks everyone!
I recently brewed a Galaxy Smash IPA and it turned out amazing. I dry hopped with 2 ounces in the primary and let them sit for 5 days before cold crashing. When I kegged the beer, I drew a sample and it wasn't crystal clear but not bad at all. I put 2 ounces and a stainless marble for weight in a wilserbrewer dry hop bag and into the keg when I filled it. (Awesome bags, by the way) I put the keg on CO2 and left it for a week. So then it was time to pour the first pint from the keg. When I poured it, it was really murky! And I'm talking MURKY, like I mixed a spoonful of flour in the glass! However, WOW! The hop flavor and aroma was crazy intense! So since then, every pint has been a little clearer than the last. Problem is, it seems like with each pint, the hop flavor and aroma diminishes a little also. It hasn't cleared up completely. It's still a bit hazy. It's still a great beer but not as great as those first few pints. The keg dry hops are still in there and I don't plan to remove them till the keg is kicked. No pints have shown any signs of hop sediment either.
So what's up with that? Is it possible the hop oils dropped to the bottom of the keg and that's what was causing the murkiness and intense hop flavor and aroma?
Thanks everyone!