Any tricks on removing hop bag from carboy?

[MHBT]

I have a beer that has 2 dry hop additions..one of those additions should be added during primary when the yeast are active but i have no clue how to get the hop bag out of the carboy any tips?

 

[JonM]

Do you have to remove the first addition? The few times I've done two dry hop additions I've just left the old stuff in.

If you really need to get it out, do you have like a stainless steel shish kebab skewer or something similar?

 

[MHBT]

i did not add the dry hops yet but once i do i want to remove them after 3-4 days cause i do not want the grassy flavor..i was think about using wire or dental floss but still once those hops expand its gonna be tough getting them out of the carboy mouth..probably gonna go old school and dry hop once im close to kegging..cheers

 

[Clef051]

Ive never had good luck getting them out i usually had to cut the bag after I transferred the beer. I use plastic buckets now partially for this reason. I also have some fermonster plastic arbors that have a wide lid so it will be easy to remove the dry hops in and out of.

 

[brandonlovesbeer]

but i have no clue how to get the hop bag out of the carboy any tips?

Very carefully. [emoji6]

 

[TheHopfather]

Sounds like you're brewing a NEIPA. Those newer, fruity hop varieties don't seem to give off grassy flavors even with extended contact time. I have a NEIPA on tap now that I dry hopped on day 3 and again on day 7, kegged on day 10 and there are no grassy flavors to be found.

If you can cold crash I would just dump them straight into the fermentor. Just cold crash for 24 hours or so before kegging and all of the hops will drop so you can rack straight beer.

 

[MHBT]

Sounds like you're brewing a NEIPA. Those newer, fruity hop varieties don't seem to give off grassy flavors even with extended contact time. I have a NEIPA on tap now that I dry hopped on day 3 and again on day 7, kegged on day 10 and there are no grassy flavors to be found.

If you can cold crash I would just dump them straight into the fermentor. Just cold crash for 24 hours or so before kegging and all of the hops will drop so you can rack straight beer.

Yup a NEIPA Columbus (Tomahawk),Simcoe, Amarillo Gold, Centennial
Apollo are the dry hops.You think these will not give grassy flavors?

 

[TheHopfather]

Yup a NEIPA Columbus (Tomahawk),Simcoe, Amarillo Gold, Centennial Apollo are the dry hops.You think these will not give grassy flavors?

The only hop I've ever had give off a flavor I'd describe as "grassy" was cascade. NEIPA's get turned around pretty quickly, I wouldn't worry about a 7 to 10 day contact time with hops personally. There is only one way for you to find out though.

 

[MHBT]

The only hop I've ever had give off a flavor I'd describe as "grassy" was cascade. NEIPA's get turned around pretty quickly, I wouldn't worry about a 7 to 10 day contact time with hops personally. There is only one way for you to find out though.

Just did my first round of dry hops gonna see what happens..the aroma coming off this beer is off the charts.

 

[Jtk78]

I've only brewed 2 NEIPAs, but both times I left the first dry hop in the hop bag and added to it.

 

[MHBT]

Sounds like you're brewing a NEIPA. Those newer, fruity hop varieties don't seem to give off grassy flavors even with extended contact time. I have a NEIPA on tap now that I dry hopped on day 3 and again on day 7, kegged on day 10 and there are no grassy flavors to be found.

If you can cold crash I would just dump them straight into the fermentor. Just cold crash for 24 hours or so before kegging and all of the hops will drop so you can rack straight beer.

You keg on day 10? what is the og?..my og was 1076 is 10 days enough for this style you think? probably should let it condition in the keg for a week or 2 at room temp?

 

[seatazzz]

If you are hell bent on using a carboy (and it sounds like you are) just leave the hop bag in there until to transfer to the keg or bottle. As long as your fermenting temps aren't super high you shouldn't get "grassy" flavors from Cascade. Once you've transferred from the carboy, anything long metal with a hook (Tunisian crochet hook comes to mind) will let you get the bag out of the carboy, even if you have to empty the hops before the bag will come out. I've got a 7.5 gallon carboy that only sees use when I'm fermenting something that doesn't require dry hopping, for this very reason. And I too had to play the "hook it out of the carboy" game when the bung magically dropped down into it (I have NO idea how that happened, really I don't). (And yes I do know but I don't want to admit it).

 

[TheHopfather]

You keg on day 10? what is the og?..my og was 1076 is 10 days enough for this style you think? probably should let it condition in the keg for a week or 2 at room temp?

Well... I don't normally turn a beer around in 10 days, but I was in a hurry for this one. OG was 1.063 and FG was 1.018 with a big pitch of 1318. I've brewed this same recipe in the past with 1318 and it also finished up at 1.018 so I didn't wait to keg once I got there. Tastes great!

I've found with a NE IPA that fresher is better. The flavors had mellowed and come together nicely after a week in the keg. I wouldn't age it at room temp myself, keep it cold, preserve those hop flavors!

 

[Revvy]

I've been seeing this thread for a few days, and although I don't DH much in carboys I was wondering if something like this would work. Like a dedicated for brewing only one. I'm not sure though, if it's totally sanitizable or not... Has anyone used one?

 

[seatazzz]

I've been seeing this thread for a few days, and although I don't DH much in carboys I was wondering if something like this would work. Like a dedicated for brewing only one. I'm not sure though, if it's totally sanitizable or not... Has anyone used one?

That looks like it could be used for many things. *washes mind out with dish soap*

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

The tool probably can't be sanitized enough and is likely to have nasty grease inside to keep the grabby slidey parts moving. The last time I dry hopped in a carboy I left a few threads of the bag sticking out the edge of the bung, so I could just pull it out later. Since then I've bought a steel mesh cylinder.

 

[MaxStout]

The tool probably can't be sanitized enough and is likely to have nasty grease inside to keep the grabby slidey parts moving. The last time I dry hopped in a carboy I left a few threads of the bag sticking out the edge of the bung, so I could just pull it out later. Since then I've bought a steel mesh cylinder.

Those mesh tubes are great. However, the mfr. states max 1.5 oz pellet hops, and when I did that, they swelled up to the point at which they almost filled the tube. Made me wonder how much efficiency I got, as the hops gunk was packed in fairly tight. I bought two more of the tubes. Now I only put 1 oz in each and drop more than one in the carboy. The hops stay fairly loose inside the tubes. I rarely have a need to DH more than 3 oz, anyway.

/Sorry, a bit OT here.

 

[MHBT]

Well... I don't normally turn a beer around in 10 days, but I was in a hurry for this one. OG was 1.063 and FG was 1.018 with a big pitch of 1318. I've brewed this same recipe in the past with 1318 and it also finished up at 1.018 so I didn't wait to keg once I got there. Tastes great!

I've found with a NE IPA that fresher is better. The flavors had mellowed and come together nicely after a week in the keg. I wouldn't age it at room temp myself, keep it cold, preserve those hop flavors!

that beer looks excellent..i am on day 11 just put some sanitized foil with a rubber band on the carboy and started the crash..i broke a cardinal rule by not taking a hydrometer reading taking a chance..there is no visual activity i figured if its not 100% done its damn close plus its gonna get a secondary in the keg..thank you for advice cheers

 

[BlurryEyed]

I put hops in a bag and put them in a carboy...never again

The floss that I used to suspend the bag was useless. The bag was so swollen it wouldn't get out of the neck. This is while the carboy was empty, being able to flip the thing upside down, open the hop bag, and remove some hop sediment until the bag would pull through.

Not worth it...at all.

 

[MHBT]

i took a FG reading got around 80% attenuation no grassy flavor ..im shocked though cause this beer had 14 oz of hops and a 10ml hop shot and its not that hoppy..tastes nice and clean and good just not hoppy enough

 

[smurfjuice]

I dry hop in a bucket just for this reason. just saying' ...

 

[Gravity]

Ive used dental floss before, it worked well however, I had several lines as I did not want the same problem of having difficultly pulling them out when they expanded.

I did three lines of dental floss wrapped around cheese clotch poked through the hole of the airlock. I pulled each one out as needed and worked well.

 

[PrairieDawg]

I use the Wilser Brew Hop socks in a carboy.
Using the orange carboy caps I am able to leave a small bit of the sock over the rim of the carboy. Never had a problem pulling the sock out.
It compresses through the opening and squeezes out just fine.