Different Way to Dry Hop

[Grot]

I've been looking at this guy's hop strainers for my kettle but he also make one for kegs
http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Dry-Hopper_p_155.html

[liquidman]

Tried chucking pellets into a the corny for some late hopping in my last APA, went to transfer it to a fresh keg after 10 days (the plan being to leave the hop bits behind) everything got completely blocked! Ended up using a normal syphon to transfer, won't be dry hopping with loose pellets in a corny again!

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[orlando]

Tried chucking pellets into a the corny for some late hopping in my last APA, went to transfer it to a fresh keg after 10 days (the plan being to leave the hop bits behind) everything got completely blocked! Ended up using a normal syphon to transfer, won't be dry hopping with loose pellets in a corny again!

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This was the worry so OK pellets or flowers in a hop bag it is.

[raiderman]

tyried my experiment with pellets in a muslin hop bag. I added about an oz of citra pellets to the remains of a keg - less than a gallon and dafter a week drew some off, huge citra explosion and no sediment, so far so good

[jmc]

If I dry hop in keg I take a fine mesh bag, they are called hop socks in some stores, fill it with my hops then take a paper clip and attach it to the bag, then slide one end of the clip into the take tube at the bottom of the corny. The bag floats just off the bottom of the keg but submerged in beer. I have done this many times with no prob to the flow of the beer. Also doing this I have never noticed a vegetal flavour from the hops and have used a large quantity for extended amounts of time.

I like that idea.

Nice idea.

Not sure paper clips are stainless but you could use one of these
Stainless Steel Safety
Pin


I was thinking of using these to hold a hop bag / spider in place for boil but they sound like they could be used in corny too.

[orlando]

If I dry hop in keg I take a fine mesh bag, they are called hop socks in some stores, fill it with my hops then take a paper clip and attach it to the bag, then slide one end of the clip into the take tube at the bottom of the corny. The bag floats just off the bottom of the keg but submerged in beer. I have done this many times with no prob to the flow of the beer. Also doing this I have never noticed a vegetal flavour from the hops and have used a large quantity for extended amounts of time.

I like that idea.

Nice idea.

Not sure paper clips are stainless but you could use one of these
Stainless Steel Safety
Pin


I was thinking of using these to hold a hop bag / spider in place for boil but they sound like they could be used in corny too.

My concern would be how much of the opening to the dip tube they would take if you followed the safety pin use advocated, they look quite chunky

[Barley Water]

I really like the look of that gizmo there Grot, that looks like it would work really well. For the boiler, I hang a fine mesh paint bag on a little holder I built for a few bucks, works pretty well and the paint bags are cheap and easy to find. I saw the idea someplace on the web, I call mine the "hop condum" because well it reminds me of.....oh never mind. I may purchase one of those dry hoppers, I really hate "floaters", makes the beer look very unprofessional in my opinion. I brew almost exclusively with pellets so when making hoppy stuff this always is an issue.

[jmc]

If I dry hop in keg I take a fine mesh bag, they are called hop socks in some stores, fill it with my hops then take a paper clip and attach it to the bag, then slide one end of the clip into the take tube at the bottom of the corny. The bag floats just off the bottom of the keg but submerged in beer. I have done this many times with no prob to the flow of the beer. Also doing this I have never noticed a vegetal flavour from the hops and have used a large quantity for extended amounts of time.

I like that idea.

Nice idea.

Not sure paper clips are stainless but you could use one of these
Stainless Steel Safety
Pin


I was thinking of using these to hold a hop bag / spider in place for boil but they sound like they could be used in corny too.

My concern would be how much of the opening to the dip tube they would take if you followed the safety pin use advocated, they look quite chunky

The safety pins aren't that big, made from 16 gauge, 1.2mm diameter SS

* Material: stainless steel
* Size: (approx.) 9*22 mm
* Gauge Size: 16G(1.2 mm)
* Length: pin 16 mm