Big_Belgian
Well-Known Member
I know there are several of different techniques to keep the dry hop residue out of the bottling buckets, but I've not found one that works well for me. I tried using a hop bag stuffed into my secondary carboy for dry-hopping and did not like the result - too messy, and I get the feeling the bag restricts my hops from releasing the full flavorful aromatic bounty they have to offer my beer.
A thought occurred to me yesterday - could I can sanitize a large, fine mesh grain bag and place it in my bottling bucket (BIAB-style); siphon the beer into the bag-in-the-bucket and then pull the bag, thereby removing all of the little hop particles and any other trub floaties that are in my beer? I would then add bottling sugar and proceed as normal.
Would this work? Anyone see any downside to this method?
Thanks Homebrewtalk dudes!!
A thought occurred to me yesterday - could I can sanitize a large, fine mesh grain bag and place it in my bottling bucket (BIAB-style); siphon the beer into the bag-in-the-bucket and then pull the bag, thereby removing all of the little hop particles and any other trub floaties that are in my beer? I would then add bottling sugar and proceed as normal.
Would this work? Anyone see any downside to this method?
Thanks Homebrewtalk dudes!!