beertroll
Well-Known Member
It's my first time dry-hopping with whole hops, and I made the mistake of not racking on top of them. I usually use pellet hops, and I bag them with a couple of stainless steel wingnuts to keep them from floating, but this time I just added the whole hops loose. I figured that they would get beerlogged and partially submerge, but that isn't happening. Most of the hops are still floating on the surface, above the liquid. It's taking "dry hopping" a bit too literally. I was able to tamp down some of them with my wine thief, but I can't reach the majority of them. Any suggestions to fix this, or is this just a mistake I need to learn from in the future?