How to Tie Hop Bag to Dip Tube

[BrewInVA]

I've always dry-hopped in a carboy and plan to dry-hop my next brew in the keg. After reading about ways to do this, I've settled on putting pellet hops in a hop bag and tying it to the dip tube. My question is exactly "how" do you tie the bag to the dip tube? I assume you'd perform this step after sanitizing the keg. You'd then have to get one arm into the keg and use that hand to tie the bag around the dip tube (maybe using a zip tie). That seems difficult to do and clearly has the potential to add nasties into the keg. Perhaps I'm missing something but would appreciate folks walking me through the process they use to actually tie the hop bag. Thanks for the help.

 

[samc]

put a cable tie or hose clamp with fishing line attached to the relief valve bump on the underside of the lid. it is a lot easier than the dip tube method. Put a weight of some kind in the hop bag, shot glass, stainless steel item ( I use the parts from my keggles).

 

[buzzkill]

I have used a zip tie. you need to start it out of the keg(make a loop) then slip the loop from bottom of keg up around the dip tube. hop bag needs to in keg. then with fingers, pull hop bag up under the zip tie and pull it.

its hard with only one hand. took me a few tries. I would not use pellets. but they may work.

 

[rcrabb22]

put a cable tie or hose clamp with fishing line attached to the relief valve bump on the underside of the lid. it is a lot easier than the dip tube method. Put a weight of some kind in the hop bag, shot glass, stainless steel item ( I use the parts from my keggles).

+1, I sanitize the muslin hop bag, a ss hose clamp and plain unwaxed dental floss and suspend as included text above.

 

[logdrum]

Why tie at all? I just throw mine (sanitized bag, of course) in the cornie & fill 'er up.

-d

 

[bgruis]

Why tie at all? I just throw mine (sanitized bag, of course) in the cornie & fill 'er up.

-d

Have you ever had problems with the hop bag clogging up the end of the pick up tube?

 

[logdrum]

I have not, but that is a valid concern. I try to always dry hop w/ leaf hops, so that may be key to my lack of clogging.

-d

 

[BrewInVA]

Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of using the SS clamp with the fishing line or dental floss - I'll give that a shot. Out of curiosity, anyone notice a distinct change in taste due to dry-hopping cold vs room temp?