Dry Hopping Sanitation

[mulhaircorey]

Hello All,

Pretty new to the game still, having brewed a couple 5 gallon batches and a couple 2.5 gallon half batches, and so far have not been completely thrilled with the hop profile results.

Besides adding more hops to the boil, I want to dry hop a couple of my next batches. Have a couple batches at 2 weeks now and plan on moving to secondaries to throw the dry hops in..

My question is- when you boil the hops you clearly sanitize the muslin bag (if you're using them) and the hops too (though I assume they're sanitized already when you buy them and open them up for the brew, but what about dry hopping if you use a muslin bag; do you need to sanitize it first if you use one? And how would you go about doing that?

Thanks!


Corey

 

[lumpher]

boil the bag for a couple minutes to sanitize it (but not the hops). dump the hops in the bag, and dump the bag in the beer. hops are naturally infection-resistant

 

[hungry4hops]

I soak the bag and a couple of marbles in starsan for a couple minutes then ring it out. Dunk the hops in starsan before I open the bag of hops. Fill the bag with hops and marbles tie it off and drop it in!

 

[IffyG]

I don't bother using a bag, I just dump the hops right into my primary once it gets close to reaching FG.

 

[photogscott]

Don't go through the trouble of bagging dry hops. By the time you rack they will have settled out fine. If your worried about floaters or accidently drawing out hop bits, tie a drawstring nylon hop bag at the end of your racking hose

 

[hungry4hops]

I only bag if I plan on washing the yeast otherwise i just toss it in!