Bottling off a keg - effect on hops

[kpfeif]

I just poured a pint off a keg of ryePA that's almost done, and it tastes distinctively less hoppy than it did a week or so ago. At first I thought it had just mellowed out, but now that I think about it, I've depressurized and repressurized the keg several times now to fill up bottles to take to parties and such.

Since hop aromatic compounds are pretty volatile, I think I stripped a lot of the hop flavor out by depressurizing and re-pressurizing the keg. Oh well. I guess it's time to brew up a new one.

Next time I'll fill any and all bottles up at one time, to minimize the hops leaking out. Anyone else noticed this?

 

[ne0t0ky0]

I fill bottles without changing pressure using those paint mixer inserts in the diptubes. However I had a slow gas leak in one keg with an IPA and I noticed a very quick dropoff in the aroma of the beer, even over a weeks time.

I'd look into those paint mixers so you don't have to change pressure.

 

[samc]

+1 paint mixers are most excellent for bottle filling.

 

[joeybeer]

I'd like to hear more about the mixers... Bottling from the keg is a PIA ...
Do you have a link ? (I searched to no avail )

 

[day_trippr]

I'd like to hear more about the mixers... Bottling from the keg is a PIA ...
Do you have a link ? (I searched to no avail )

Here ya go...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/cure-your-short-hose-troubles-100151

Cheers!

 

[kpfeif]

I've been meaning to get one of those, if nothing else so that i don't have to have 9 feet of tubing in my fridge. (I keep one corny in my regular fridge - sometimes the hose gets to be a bit much).