I am going to do my first dry hop with pellets in a couple of days. Please read my idea and feel free to criticize because I want to know if it will work and if it will create too much aeration. This may have already been suggested but I didn't want to read 8 pages of posts.
I am going to use hop pellets in the secondary without a bag of any type for about 7 days at 69 F. My issue is how to properly filter them out and the best thing I can come up with is this: at the end of my tube attached to my auto siphon (the end that will sit at the bottom of the keg) put a fine nylon bag in a balloon shape (to give the liquid some room when coming out) and either attach the bag with a rubber band or fishing line. I am figuring that if this is at the bottom of the keg and stays there as the liquid is filtering that it will not get that aerated because it even though it is going through the nylon screen it will be submerged. I don't want to put the filter inside the carboy because I have read about a lot of people getting their siphoning stopped from clog up so I figured that putting it at the end and giving it some room (balloon shape) will prevent it from clogging. The only issue I have is if it will aerate too much even though it is submerged? The beer probably will not last more than 3-4 weeks in the keg so is aeration even an issue? I am new to this so I am not sure about the whole aeration idea and how long until the effects are tasted. Please give me some feedback. Thanks
I am going to use hop pellets in the secondary without a bag of any type for about 7 days at 69 F. My issue is how to properly filter them out and the best thing I can come up with is this: at the end of my tube attached to my auto siphon (the end that will sit at the bottom of the keg) put a fine nylon bag in a balloon shape (to give the liquid some room when coming out) and either attach the bag with a rubber band or fishing line. I am figuring that if this is at the bottom of the keg and stays there as the liquid is filtering that it will not get that aerated because it even though it is going through the nylon screen it will be submerged. I don't want to put the filter inside the carboy because I have read about a lot of people getting their siphoning stopped from clog up so I figured that putting it at the end and giving it some room (balloon shape) will prevent it from clogging. The only issue I have is if it will aerate too much even though it is submerged? The beer probably will not last more than 3-4 weeks in the keg so is aeration even an issue? I am new to this so I am not sure about the whole aeration idea and how long until the effects are tasted. Please give me some feedback. Thanks