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juanherbin

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Hello guys, i have a question here from argentina...
I started dry hoping my IPA Argenta with a slurry of 6g X Litre (a lot) but i have a sirious complication, there is my dry hop in suspension so i cant measure gravity and i cant purge the yeast and vegetal hops from my beer.

I thought it was a matter of time, so i whaited, its been 5 days and nothing, so im afraid it could be ruined and all the aroma lost.

Im fermenting in a conic fermenter 68L of IPA, no i should be in the second fermentation but i cant purge the yeast and vegetal hops to do so.

here are some pics of this mess...

Thanks!!!

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Are you saying the dump valve on your conical is blocked? If so you can sanitize a wire coat hanger and poke up there
 
no, im saying that i take beer from the beer valve and i goes like in the picture.
The dump valve is perfect, actually i dont whant tu purge right now cause all the hop are in suspension.
Here is a pic of my fermenter:

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if they are that mixed in at this point i think your only options are time of crashing down to the 30's and hoping they drop out. that looks like a ton of debris.

you could also just package and pretend it's supposed to be that way calling it a NE Argentinian IPA
 
and i could name it salad hop ipa argenta jaja.
Jokes a side, ill wait and let you know how it goes.
Thanks
 
how are you transferring/racking to a keg or bottles? My IPA samples pretty much always look like that. I just a fine mesh over my racking cane and leave all the hop debris in the fermentor.

It does look like you stirred it up a bit much. Maybe the yeast are still pretty active? How long into fermentation did you wait before adding dry hops?
 
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