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JeffMo wrote about containing errant hop particles: Cheesecloth does work well.
We all have our methods. Some weirder than others. Mine’s odd and works well…. http://www.magma.ca/~bodnsatz/brew/columns/jirvine/salvage.html Dr. Pivo
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JeffMo wrote about containing errant hop particles: Cheesecloth does work well. We all have our methods. Some weirder than others. Mine’s odd and works well…. http://www.magma.ca/~bodnsatz/brew/columns/jirvine/salvage.html
That was a very funny article! I recommend it highly. JeffMo Is it better to be bored, wishing you’re not, or not to be bored, wishing that you were? Remove dipstick for email replies.
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Yes, and it opened during shake-forced keg carbonation, gumming up the works. I now use cheesecloth sachets, pre-boiled and stuffed with surgeon-clean hands. Works great.
I’d bottle anyway. — To reply, replace "spamless" with "nassau"
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Many stores sell stainless steel tea balls–about the size of golf balls, hollow, and hinged so that they separate into halves. Loose tea is placed inside, the ball closed, and steeped in hot water. They have chains on them so that they can be lifted out. Anyone ever use one of these to dry hop?
I’ve always used cheesecloth hop-sacks, boiled with several stones to weight the hops. I use whole hops and a tea-ball wouldn’t hold anything close to the volume I’d need for dry hopping. The hop-sacks are about softball sized after soaking in the brew for 2 weeks, so a golf ball sized tea ball would never do. I haven’t tried dry hopping with pellets, but I really don’t like pellets for any purpose. They just seem too messy, compared to whole hops. I have seen much larger sized tea balls, about baseball size, which screwed together, possible eliminating the problem of having it open, as was suggested in another reply. Paul Genrich Isp Brewing Reply SpamProofed
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Many stores sell stainless steel tea balls–about the size of golf balls, hollow, and hinged so that they separate into halves. Loose tea is placed inside, the ball closed, and steeped in hot water. They have chains on them so that they can be lifted out. Anyone ever use one of these to dry hop?
Yes, and it opened during shake-forced keg carbonation, gumming up the works. I now use cheesecloth sachets, pre-boiled and stuffed with surgeon-clean hands. Works great.
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Many stores sell stainless steel tea balls–about the size of golf balls, hollow, and hinged so that they separate into halves. Loose tea is placed inside, the ball closed, and steeped in hot water. They have chains on them so that they can be lifted out. Anyone ever use one of these to dry hop? Yes, and it opened during shake-forced keg carbonation, gumming up the works. I now use cheesecloth sachets, pre-boiled and stuffed with surgeon-clean hands. Works great.
Cheesecloth does work well. I usually just throw pellets into the carboy during secondary. JeffMo Is it better to be bored, wishing you’re not, or not to be bored, wishing that you were? Remove dipstick for email replies.
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Many stores sell stainless steel tea balls–about the size of golf balls, hollow, and hinged so that they separate into halves. Loose tea is placed inside, the ball closed, and steeped in hot water. They have chains on them so that they can be lifted out. Anyone ever use one of these to dry hop? — To reply, replace "spamless" with "nassau"