Dry Hopping question

brewdude25 · Apr 30, 2009

I am dry hopping 2 oz. of Pellet hops in secondary. I have a nice layer on the top and bottom of the beer of fine hop material. What is the best way to avoid siphoning this when i go to bottle?
Also..side question. Is it normal to get more airlock action once it has been in secondary for about 5 days? Would this mean oxidization?

homebrewer_99 · Apr 30, 2009

It should drop out...no worries then.

jagg · May 1, 2009

Most of them will drop out, but if you want all of them out of the beer, the method that I use is, put a hop sack over the siphon hose going in to the bottling bucket, that will strain all of them out, and the bubbling in the secondary is coming from the dry hops,it will settle down in day or two, good luck. :mug:

schristian619 · May 1, 2009

+1
use a fine mesh bag but dont forget to dunk it in starsan first

MgMt_Home_Brew · May 1, 2009

brewdude25 said:
Would this mean oxidization?

Nope......

mmb · May 1, 2009

I give the carboy a "bump" every so often to break the surface tension and let that hop particulate fall to the bottom when dry hopping with pellets.

davesrose · May 1, 2009

I've gotten in the habit of cold crashing: I'll clear out a big enough space in my fridge to put the secondary in there....I find that all dry hops (even if in pellet form) will settle down to the trub. Everything stays pretty compact, so the beer gets good and clear. Waiting a week at cellar temps normally clears most hops.....but cold crashing pretty much is an insurance to get everything IMO.

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