Hop bits in my pale ale.

Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:09 pm

So I tapped my keg of pale ale today. I dry hopped the keg with some cascade pellets that were placed into some sterilized pantyhose. I was fairly suprised to find little bits of hops in the first 5 pints or so. I drank them anyway, but is there any issue from doing so?
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:45 pm

I have the same issue with beers I dry hop with pellets. If they are for competitions I'll use whole hops but otherwise I throw pellets into the secondary straight, no mesh bag or anything. I always get a little hop flakes transferred to my keg but it doesn't bother me one bit.

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Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:49 pm

I have to say, apart from the flakes this is a damn fine beer. Nice aroma and finish.
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