Brewing sock for orange zest and ginger????

[pscole98]

All,

I'm going to brew a Christmas stout later this evening. It calls for zest of 3 medium oranges and 2 oz of grated ginger. I got this recipe from Dec 2010 BYO magazine page 41, for those of you who want to look it up.

Should I worry about putting the zest and ginger in the wort without a brewing sock or should I use one? I'm going to leave it in the primary for 7-10 days. Just worried that if I don't use the sock then will I have pieces of orange and ginger ending up in the finally product. I don't have a way to strain the wort from primary to secondary or secondary on....

Thanks Pete

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

toss it in sockless. It will settle out.

 

[Revvy]

I toss everything in my kettle these days. I stopped using any kind of bags/sacks after my 3rd batch.

 

[pscole98]

OK, cool. thanks.

 

[lostboysbrew]

agreed with all said........just toss it in.........

 

[MikeRoBrew1]

Personally I would use the mesh bag as long as the particles are large enough that the bag will actually strain them out. I find that if the spices like cinnamon stick are in the wort too long (during cooldown) that their flavor is very strong.