# dry hopping and cold crashing

**URL:** <https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515>\
**Category:** Brewing Processes\
**Created:** [November 12, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515 "2017-11-12T19:00:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dragonbrewer1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dragonbrewer1/32/6700_2.png) [@dragonbrewer1](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dragonbrewer1)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515/1 "2017-11-12T19:00:05Z")

</div>

I’ve been thinking about dry hopping and cold crashing. I usually dry hop after 21 days, for 5-7 days, then cold crash for a week, then keg, force carb, and drink.  
But I’ve been thinking about cold crashing, then dry-hopping, but read about pros and cons of this, so I had an instictive idea that I acted on, and now may be regretting. So I cold crashed after 2 weeks, then brought the temperature back up to fermenation temp, and I have just dry hopped. I plan to leave it for 5 days then cold crash again, then keg.

Is this cold crashing and then bringing the temp back up, a big no no? if so why?

Thanks in advance

Leigh

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![denny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/denny/32/13092_2.png) [@denny](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/denny)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515/2 "2017-11-12T20:00:43Z")

</div>

IMO it’s unnecessary, bit I can’t think of anything it will hurt.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![a10t2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/a10t2/32/6257_2.png) [@a10t2](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/a10t2)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515/3 "2017-11-12T22:58:49Z")

</div>

I’d second that, and add that there’s no reason I’m aware of to wait so long after reaching FG to dry hop. I think all you’re doing is drinking the beer two weeks later than you could be.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dragonbrewer1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dragonbrewer1/32/6700_2.png) [@dragonbrewer1](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dragonbrewer1)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515/4 "2017-11-13T00:12:27Z")

</div>

yeah, your right, the reason I wait so long is for clarity, so proteins and yeast drop out.  
I’m kinda experiementing - trying to get the best hop extraction - my reason for cold crashing 1st was so that the hop resins don’t attach to the yeast and proteins in suspension, and drop out with them, but I didn’t want to add my hops to cold beer.&nbsp; I’ve read pros and cons for dry-hopping before and after cold crashing - but figured maybe this was the answer.  
I then got worried as I read somewhere about how you shouldn’t mess with the temperature that much (tho I got no info on why not)

Maybe I should stop experimenting, reading and worrying and just drink more beer!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![el\_capitan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/el_capitan/32/10007_2.png) [@el\_capitan](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/el_capitan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dry-hopping-and-cold-crashing/26515/5 "2017-11-13T01:29:05Z")

</div>

I do that fairly often - cold crash for a couple days, then rack to a keg.&nbsp; I DH for about a week at room temp in the keg.&nbsp; I usually just leave the hops in the keg for the whole time.