tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post174544205929475515..comments2024-03-17T18:35:35.701+00:00Comments on I might have a glass of beer: Did Hodgson invent dry hopping?Rob Sterowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-80516617426913879302010-07-02T09:51:30.291+01:002010-07-02T09:51:30.291+01:00I've found a source earlier than 1820. R. Shan...I've found a source earlier than 1820. R. Shannon in "A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling and Rectification" (1805) says "Put some sealed Hops into every Cask, on which the Beer will feed."Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-90703312471724507562010-01-24T12:02:47.216+00:002010-01-24T12:02:47.216+00:00I can push back evidence for Hodgson's dry-hop...I can push back evidence for Hodgson's dry-hopping another six years, to 1829,and a comment mocking someone's attempt to grow hops in India, which failed although they "used as seed the best hops that could be procured out of the dregs of a butt of Hodgson's superior Pale Ale".<br /><br />But as dry-hopping, AFAIK, is used solely for aroma purposes, I can't see what difference it would make to preserving the beer …Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-92204594573217534812010-01-21T10:19:13.479+00:002010-01-21T10:19:13.479+00:00I've been wondering the exact same thing - whe...I've been wondering the exact same thing - when did dry hopping start?<br /><br />I found this from the 1830's. Chadwick sings the praises of dry hops: "They will be found to contribute the delightful smell, and fine flavour of the hop, much more perfectly than those hops which have undergone a long boiling, and they will equally contribute to the preservation of the beer, and prevent any after-fretting that might arise." The vent peg wasn't initially made totally tight, so excess CO2 could still escape. When no more CO2 was being generated, the vent peg was hammered in to totally seal the cask. (Source: "A Practical Treatise on Brewing" by William Chadwick, 1835, pages 55-56.)Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.com