maximus4444
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So I'm not really sure what's supposed to happen. Do the hops always stay on top of the fermented beer? Or do the sink to the bottom?
Weigh them down with something. Put something heavy, like sanitized stainless steel washers, into a hop sock with the hops, and they will hold them under the surface
I don't have them in any type of container/bag. They're just free floating.
Is it wise to use some sort of sterilized bag?
I assume you are using a bucket and not a carboy? Bags are a nightmare for carboys. You are fine with free floating hops. I assume that you are kegging. If you keg, then placing the hops in a sanitized bag then into the keg is what all the pros do for that fresh hop flavor.
If you are bottle conditioning save yourself the trouble and bottle hop. Use your dry hop as a flame off charge for the priming sugar, let steep with the lid on for at least 10 mins. All those hop oils get trapped in the DME solution and go right to the beer for instant dry hop. It works!!!!!
I'm not kegging. And I am using a carboy. I haven't heard of your perspective on bottle hopping. (In my short time frame of home brewing) But I think it's really interesting.
So I would place the leaf hops in a steeping bag. Steep, at flame off, for 10 minutes. During this 10 minutes would I just let the wort cool based on the ambient temperature of the room, or would I begin using my wort chiller at that point?
I'll have to try that sometime.
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