brewagentjay

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So I did my first drop hopped beer. It's been a week on the hops and I plan to let it run another week at least....

I used pellets and no bag so my question is around getting the hop material to fall out or strained out.

Will the pellets/material fall out? If not can I strain it? If so what would be a good method to do so?

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Yooper

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I usually dryhop for no more than 10 days. Some of the pellets will fall apart and fall to the bottom, while others will just keep floating. I use my autosiphon, placing the end about 1/2 way down in the beer and start siphoning from the middle. The black tip on the end keeps much of the crud out. As the level of the beer drops, I drop the end of the racking cane lower until it's just above the yeast cake. It works pretty darn well, with no problems so far!

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400d

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I put pellets in a muslin bag. it works great.

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troutab81

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I usually just throw the pellets in before I rack to secondary, so they get a good swirl. After that, I usually swirl every couple days to suspend them. Muslin bag over racking cane works well for me whn going to keg.

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brewagentjay

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Thanks...I got the autosyphon with protective tip so hopefully that'll work for me....I think next time I'm gonna go with a hop bags unless it this batch just taste great then I'll take the if ain't broke don't fix approach.

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Teufel Hunden Brewing Company

Primary - Apfelwein v2, JChrapewein, Light Scottish Ale, SW 420 v2, Devil Dog Ale Version 2
Secondary - OxiClean
Just Bottled - Jay's Irish Stout
On Deck - The Orginal Fat Tire
Planning - "Hail to the Chief -IIPA", "The Straw Berry Blonde"
NTBA - Wicked Ale

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smizak

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Don't know if this will work for you in Alabama, but if there is some way for you to chill the fermenter down, those hops will drop very quickly. Especially if there is still some yeast in suspension. They will cling to the hop particles when they flocculate and drag the hops down into the trub. I just stuck my pale ale into a 44F spot in my basement and the hops were nowhere to be found in two days.

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brewagentjay

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Interesting...I can put it in my freezer but need to figure out temp on it.

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Teufel Hunden Brewing Company

Primary - Apfelwein v2, JChrapewein, Light Scottish Ale, SW 420 v2, Devil Dog Ale Version 2
Secondary - OxiClean
Just Bottled - Jay's Irish Stout
On Deck - The Orginal Fat Tire
Planning - "Hail to the Chief -IIPA", "The Straw Berry Blonde"
NTBA - Wicked Ale

Semper Fi

defenestrate

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+2 on cold crashing for getting the hops to drop out, works like a charm. if not possible yoop's technique always works great.

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