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03-09-2010, 04:01 PM
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My dry hop bag will NOT sink
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Is this a big deal? I cannot get it to sink. I forgot to weigh it down ( actually never considered that it would be necessary) I sanitized it and put the hops in and tossed it in on friday...I have poked it down with a sanitized rod and it pops right back up.
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I started brewing 69 days ago, 35 gal so far. SWMBO hasnt complained yet! Better than the hookers, gambling, and crack I used to do, I guess.
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03-09-2010, 04:12 PM
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Location: Austin,Tx
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Ive never used a bag.But i'll say this.When i throw them in they like to float.Some will settle,but not all of them
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03-09-2010, 04:13 PM
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stupid double post
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Beer is the mind-killer. Beer is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my beer. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see it's path. When the beer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Last edited by JetSmooth; 03-09-2010 at 04:15 PM.
Reason: stupid double post. . . wait. . did I say that already?
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03-09-2010, 04:15 PM
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Drop a stainless steel ball bearing into the bag and it should drop right to the bottom.
Now, making it sit in suspension is a challenge.
OOOOh, I know! Get a second hop bag and put the ball bearing in it. Then tie a string that's half as long as your liquid level is high between the two. It should hang right around the middle.
You may PayPal me your thanks. 
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http://smokebubbles.wordpress.com - Brewin' and 'Quein' since last Tuesday.
Bottling the Belgian: A Photo Odyssey
Beer is the mind-killer. Beer is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my beer. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see it's path. When the beer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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03-09-2010, 04:16 PM
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Location: Bend, Oregon
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I don't use a bag and my dry hops sit up top for the entire week.
Am I doing something wrong?
Could I improve the aroma extraction by doing something different?
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03-09-2010, 04:19 PM
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Location: Bremerton, WA
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I've dryhopped a lot of beers and never worried about getting the bag to sink. Even with it floating on top, I get tons of hop aroma from the dryhops. I have a few bags of marbles I'm going to use next time to see if there's a difference, but I highly doubt it.
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03-09-2010, 04:45 PM
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Here's the Beers!
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Location: Maricopa AZ
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I dryhop in my serving kegs, I put the hops into a large herb ball and fasten it to the dip tube with a sanitized zip tie, so it hangs just off the bottom, you could do this with your hop bag, positioning it to prevent it from getting sucked to the dip tube but still keeping it submerged. My beer goes too fast to bother removing the hops before the keg blows.
(all this assumes you keg your beer, otherwise get a stainless bearing or a few glass marbles to submerge the bag in the fermenter)
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03-09-2010, 05:08 PM
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If your worried about it not getting enough aroma,stir it or nudge the fermenter lightly
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03-09-2010, 06:23 PM
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I use a couple shot glasses in my hop bags to make 'em sink, but as you've found others just let them float.
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And I'd like to see my 1.080 beers ready from grain to glass in a week, and served to me by red-headed twin penthouse pets wearing garter belts and fishnet stockings, with Irish accents, calling me "master luv gun," but we can't always get what we want can we? :)
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03-10-2010, 12:14 AM
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Tie a stainless steel nut/bolt onto your bag with fishing line. Leave just enough line so that it will be mostly submerged.
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