BrewBarron
Well-Known Member
So I've been doing a little research before I brew my first IPA. I read up on dry hopping and it seems there are many techniques out there. My first thought was that I wanted to dry hop in the keg, but learned that its possible that the hops can stay in too long and effect the flavor. I read that some people tie their hops to a string and seal the keg and later fish them out when their flavor is right. That sounds ok, but I want to avoid decompressing the keg, opening it up, fishing the hops out and then resealing and re-gassing. So I was thinking....
What if you bag your whole hops up with a stirbar or something else that will be attracted to a magnet but also halfway sanitary. Then, drop them in a keg, and attract the bag from the outside of the keg with a magnet. Place the magnet approx. halfway down the keg and wait. Then, after you are pleased with the taste, move the magnet up the keg to the empty airspace (assuming you tasted the beer plenty of times to create an empty airspace). Thus, removing the hops from the beer without opening the keg. Then, if you start to lose flavor, aroma, etc, move the magnet back down into the beer.
I have yet to try this, but did confirm I could control something with a magnet from outside the keg. The question now would be what do I use inside the keg, can it hold on to a bag of hops and actually bring it out of the beer into the headspace.
Any thoughts? Has anyone else tried this?
What if you bag your whole hops up with a stirbar or something else that will be attracted to a magnet but also halfway sanitary. Then, drop them in a keg, and attract the bag from the outside of the keg with a magnet. Place the magnet approx. halfway down the keg and wait. Then, after you are pleased with the taste, move the magnet up the keg to the empty airspace (assuming you tasted the beer plenty of times to create an empty airspace). Thus, removing the hops from the beer without opening the keg. Then, if you start to lose flavor, aroma, etc, move the magnet back down into the beer.
I have yet to try this, but did confirm I could control something with a magnet from outside the keg. The question now would be what do I use inside the keg, can it hold on to a bag of hops and actually bring it out of the beer into the headspace.
Any thoughts? Has anyone else tried this?