irwinben
Active Member
I think I just ruined my beer... I dry hopped a 5 gallon batch of Citra APA with 2 ounces of whole leaf hops for 7 days. Despite floating at the top of the secondary, the hops managed to clog my siphon to the bottling bucket almost immediately. The result was a mixture of bubbles and beer going through the siphon tube into the bottling bucket. I think I managed to fully aerate every drop of wort.
This is not my first attempt at dry hopping. My first experience was with the same beer, but with pellet hops. In that case, the pellets broke up and permeated throughout the entire 5 gallons in the bottling bucket. So much for spending any time in the secondary for clarification purposes.
Each of my attempts at dry hopping have turned out well from a flavor and hop aroma standpoint (other than the random hop leaf or pellet floater coming out of the bottle).
Are there any tried and true techniques for getting the beer from the secondary and into the bottling bucket cleanly - without excess sedimentation or clogging?
--use a filter at the bottom of the siphon?
--does a bucket work better than a carboy?
--... ??? other ideas
Thanks.
This is not my first attempt at dry hopping. My first experience was with the same beer, but with pellet hops. In that case, the pellets broke up and permeated throughout the entire 5 gallons in the bottling bucket. So much for spending any time in the secondary for clarification purposes.
Each of my attempts at dry hopping have turned out well from a flavor and hop aroma standpoint (other than the random hop leaf or pellet floater coming out of the bottle).
Are there any tried and true techniques for getting the beer from the secondary and into the bottling bucket cleanly - without excess sedimentation or clogging?
--use a filter at the bottom of the siphon?
--does a bucket work better than a carboy?
--... ??? other ideas
Thanks.