bazookazilla wrote:If I go ahead and crash the beer will the dry hop process continue to happen?.
bazookazilla wrote:Also, I dry hopped with loose hop pellets into the primary fermenter. I do not have pumps or a filtration system. Does anyone know a good way to strain out some of the hop "chunks" without actually filtering. I have used paint straining bags in the past and had pretty good results, but would always like for my results to be better.
TheTodd wrote:bazookazilla wrote:If I go ahead and crash the beer will the dry hop process continue to happen?.
bazookazilla wrote:But in my very limited experience the hops don't seem to settle. They just seem to stay suspended. Maybe I haven't given this process enough time in the past.
brewinhard wrote:bazookazilla wrote:But in my very limited experience the hops don't seem to settle. They just seem to stay suspended. Maybe I haven't given this process enough time in the past.
I recently dry hopped a double IPA with 9 oz of pellets in the primary. By the end of the 2nd day of cold crashing at 38 deg, the pellets had all dropped out to the bottom. It was about 2 inches of pellets floating on the surface before that even with frequent swirling of the carboy to suspend the hops better.
Docjowles wrote:brewinhard wrote:bazookazilla wrote:But in my very limited experience the hops don't seem to settle. They just seem to stay suspended. Maybe I haven't given this process enough time in the past.
I recently dry hopped a double IPA with 9 oz of pellets in the primary. By the end of the 2nd day of cold crashing at 38 deg, the pellets had all dropped out to the bottom. It was about 2 inches of pellets floating on the surface before that even with frequent swirling of the carboy to suspend the hops better.
Haha 9 oz Jesus Christ What batch size was that, and how much beer did you lose to the pellets? Not saying you did anything wrong, I am just impressed!
I have heard you can put a hop bag or similar mesh over the end of your racking cane to avoid picking up tons of hop matter. I only dry hopped with loose pellets once and I got a TON of crud into my keg, so ever since I just put them in a hop bag and duck the issue. But I bet covering the racking cane would work fine.
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