Hop preperation for dry hoping

[dentdr]

Do I need to do anything to my hops before adding them to my fermentor for dry hoping? i.e. what is the sanitizing process that I need to do be fore adding?

 

[18thstatebrew]

Hops are a natural preservative. That is the main reason they were put in beer years ago. So no there is no need to sanitize them.

 

[18thstatebrew]

But If you plan on using a mesh bag, then you might want to just boil the bag first before adding the hops.

 

[ktblunden]

Yeah my process is boiling a mesh bag and adding pre-measured hops to it and adding to primary (I don't do secondary, I just dry hop right in primary).

 

[dcott]

I spray the outside of the hop bag with Starsan, spray my scissors with Starsan, cut open the bag, and pour them in (I use whole leaf hops).