I just transfered an Amber Ale into a secondary and dry hopped it with 1 ounce of Cascade pellets. I checked it this morning and noticed a layer of hopps on the top of the beer. Is this normal? Will it settle out before bottling? Thanks in advance

I have never dry hopped but i do know pellets take awhile to absorb. Some people take them & put them in a sack with some glass marbles in it & hang it from the top of the fermenter or keg to keep them submerged but off the bottem(for a keg at least).
It should be fine!! Keep us posted!!

I heard it was smokin hot over there yesterday!!

Yes, they will settle down to the bottom of your carboy. I just transfered my Red Seal Clone, which is and Amber Ale, and dry hopped it with .5 oz of Cascades and have some floating too. They should all be sunk with in a week or two.

I love dry hopping. Makes my beer smell soooo good.

Looks like the beer is starting to settle out a little today. Thanks for the information.

Your right Jeepguy it was like 108 here on Friday and Saturday. The beers were ice cold though and they flowed down real nice.

I have allways wondered whether it would be good to actually throw some fresh hops into the secondary, not as pellets but straight off the vine. There is a Tasmanian brand of beer (actually called 'Cascade') and once a year they make a brew with fresh hops harvested that day. It tastes quite different, but it also has much much more hops in it than their regular style.

my last brew was a medium ale that i dry hopped with cascade right off the bine, and it is pretty good. i picked about .5 oz. and put it in a bag and dropped it into a secondary for a week, then racked into a keg, it didn't have quite the hop flavor i expected so next time maybe i'll use a bit more.
gary