Dry Hopping

Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:16 pm

I like to bag my hops in the secondary for dry hopping. I want to get the sack to settle on the bottom of the carboy, anyone have any ideas of the best way to do it with out compromising the beer?



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Re: Dry Hopping

Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:18 pm

Use steel ball bearings and sanitize them.
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Re: Dry Hopping

Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:15 am

brewinhard wrote:Use steel ball bearings and sanitize them.

Make sure they are stainless steel or use some glass marbles. Hardware stores sell stainless steel nuts and bolts but marbles are a lot cheaper.
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Re: Dry Hopping

Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:34 am

Nylon monofilament (fishing line) tied to bag that uses sterilized nut as anchor, That way bag doesn't sit on bottom or float on top. Stays mid carboy.
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