Chunky beer?

[Maximustraicos]

So I decided to try dry hopping a 5gal batch of pale with 1.5 oz citra. Great idea right? So I opened my fermenter and chucked in my hopps, it was at that point I thought hmm maybe I should have put them into something first as they are pellets and I can't just pick them out when I'm done.

So my question is, will my beer be good with chunks of hopps floating in it or should I consider trying to filter them out with something as I transfer to the bottling bucket?

 

[flars]

The pellets will break apart. Most should drop onto the trub by the time your dry hop time is over.

 

[BrewFry22]

The pellets will break apart. Most should drop onto the trub by the time your dry hop time is over.

Agreed. They will join the trub party!

 

[kombat]

Yup, not a concern. It'll help if you're able to cold-crash the beer before you rack it from the carboy, but you'll find most of them will settle on the bottom, while a few may float on top. Just make sure you siphon from a few inches below the surface and you should have clear beer with no chunkies.

 

[RM-MN]

If they don't settle like they should, get a 1 gallon paint strainer bag and slip the siphon in that, holding the bag in place with a rubber band wrapped around it. Make sure you sanitize it before you dunk it into the fermenter to start siphoning.

 

[Maximustraicos]

Thanks for the tips guys, I was also wondering if its such a bad thing to have hops floating around in my final product? I might call it Von chunks


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[flars]

Thanks for the tips guys, I was also wondering if its such a bad thing to have hops floating around in my final product? I might call it Von chunks


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Only a bad thing if you consider how it looks over how it tastes.