Miles_1111
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I am using carboy as fermentor. Is there any better way to avoid the wort from contacting air during dry hopping? Thank you.
I am using carboy as fermentor. Is there any better way to avoid the wort from contacting air during dry hopping? Thank you.
This is probably the easiest way to do it. Dryhop on 3rd or 4th day after adding yeast when it is at high krausen. Will give it a shot.Do the dryhop while fermentation is still active. This technique works for all sorts of IPAs not just NEIPAs. You can wait till it is slowing down or just put them in there at high krausen. If worried you might lose some of the impact just bump up the dry hop amount a bit. What you lose to off gassing and yeast stripping may well be made up by increased mixing due to fermentation activity.
Tht will help with o2 but it causes another entire issue...hopburn. During fermentation yeast bind polyphenols and protiens, causing them to stay in suspension longer. So yes you’ve minimized 02 pick up but now you’ve created an astringent beer that will need a month of conditioning time to be enjoyable. And if you weren’t good with your transfer and picked up o2, when it’s finally time to drink, it’s also oxidized.Do the dryhop while fermentation is still active. This technique works for all sorts of IPAs not just NEIPAs. You can wait till it is slowing down or just put them in there at high krausen. If worried you might lose some of the impact just bump up the dry hop amount a bit. What you lose to off gassing and yeast stripping may well be made up by increased mixing due to fermentation activity.
A user in this forum described a nice system: he hangs the hops on the upper "dry" wall of the fermenter and keeps it in place with a magnet (i.e. with two magnes, one inside the fermenter and the other outside).
The fermenter is full of CO2 during fermentation.
When he wants to dry hop, he takes away the magnet on the outer part of the fermenter. This causes the bag to fall inside the beer, without opening the lid. This is, I believe, compatible with a CO2 blowoff system.
^ I remember reading about the same IPA batch split into 4 separate fermenters and dry hopped pre, during and after fermentation. I forgot the results lol but it was interesting
I am using carboy as fermentor. Is there any better way to avoid the wort from contacting air during dry hopping? Thank you.
I use 4 rare Earth magnets, two inside two outside, and position the bag horizontally near the top of the fermenter. I learned. My first attempt I used weaker magnets which failed and the resulting beer was named Splash Down ipa.I use the hops in a bag with two magnets and it works well. If you want to double dry hop have two bags. Do test that your magnet and bag stays out of the wort and krausen, otherwise it soaks up liquid and drops in earlier than you want.
Yep. I vacuum seal mine...well just the ones that go inside the fermenter anyway.I’d be very careful to seal rare earth magnets before immersing them in beer. Neodymium is in the “probably not too toxic but we don’t really know” category, and who knows how much could leach out of the magnets.
Ohhhh...you got me curious. I am pretty convinced myself that you get the best hop flavors with minimal
I had no idea someone on here had already tried this. I'm glad to hear it was successful. I plan to try it next time I dry hop. My plan was put a large washer in a small zip bag and put it inside the small muslin bag containing the hops. I plan to use one of these magnets on the outside of the carboy. I tested it and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QX3HTKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I use the hops in a bag with two magnets and it works well. If you want to double dry hop have two bags. Do test that your magnet and bag stays out of the wort and krausen, otherwise it soaks up liquid and drops in earlier than you want.
I now don't release the magnet just slide it down the side of the fermenting vessel. This means I can sort of move it around a bit every day to spread the goodness. Not necessary if you do it during active ferment as the wort is fairly lively.
Have found that the computer hard drive magnets are super strong and cheap from salvage yards. To allow sterilising and avoid magnet deterioration I have vacuum sealed them. Ideally I suppose a plastic food safe dip would be best but not sure of a source for this.
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Also means I can move the hops out of the ferment to drain out before transfer to the keg. This reduces vessel loss.
Those are the magnet I use. They're incredibly strong. **Warning - don't get them too close to your head, they'll pull random memories out of your brain!!I had no idea someone on here had already tried this. I'm glad to hear it was successful. I plan to try it next time I dry hop. My plan was put a large washer in a small zip bag and put it inside the small muslin bag containing the hops. I plan to use one of these magnets on the outside of the carboy. I tested it and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QX3HTKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've seen that very thing, either somewhere on this site or on a YouTube video. I believe the person used epoxy to attach the magnets to the drip tray and that held it to the fridge. It looked like it held so strongly that he couldn't pull it off. He had to slide it off at the edge of the door. Sliding like that might cause scratches I would think. Not sure though.Reckon I could use those magnets to hold the drip tray onto the kegerator quite neatly?
I would recommend eye protection for pressurized applications.Why not drill / use the other hole in a carboy lid put a CO2 line in that and let CO2 in slowly, then you can force the hop pellet in against the flow of CO2 exiting. If you get bored and you have the flow balanced the hop pellet will hover in mid air like an executive toy!
[Edit: Moved reply outside quoted text -Mod]I had no idea someone on here had already tried this. I'm glad to hear it was successful. I plan to try it next time I dry hop. My plan was put a large washer in a small zip bag and put it inside the small muslin bag containing the hops. I plan to use one of these magnets on the outside of the carboy. I tested it and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QX3HTKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=
That's a decent process actually! The carboy neck is narrow, streaming CO2 into the headspace through a piece of tubing while adding the dry hops counterstream.I opened the carboy while pumping in some Co2, and I tossed in 2 oz of Cascade hops.
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