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Brewing my first belgian IPA... well, brewed... its day thirteen in primary. Time for the dryhopping if I am going to. Just wondering if anyone has dryhopped a belgian IPA and had any thoughts on the benefits. I haven't tasted it yet... because I think I only want to dry hop for a max, week and a half, and don't think its worth transferring.

I built the hop bill to be hopped like an american IPA for bitterness, and then moved towards traditional belgian hops for the flavor/aroma additions. I was going to dry hop with czech saaz, and probably just an ounce. Anyone have any thoughts? Stupid to do so? or stupid to even think not to do so?

Go for it

Fuck it. Done.

I like Styrians for dry-hopping Belgian's... used them in a Belgian Golden

the styrians went in for the flavor addition, if i had some though, i'd take that recommendation. Will the Saaz be worthless? still happening, regardless.

I've found that the lower the AA% of the hops, the harder it is to get a noticable result from dry-hopping

Thats my concern... because the AA% on this batch is esp. weak... only 2.5% AA. Maybe I'll do two ounces, but then I won't have enough hops for my Belgian Golden Strong.

Amarillo is a very popular hop amongst Belgian brewers in their hoppy IPA-style beers. La Chouffe's "Triple IPA" has a shitload of Amarillos in there. Stone's Cali-Belgique is a very nice beer, IMO, uses Columbus and Centennial in the boil and Chinook for the dry hop.