To Sanitize or Not To Sanitize

[daveooph131]

I'm getting ready to dry hop, and plan on putting my hops in a little grain/hop sock that you can get from the lhbs. Do I sanatize this thing? If so is it best to just let the sock to soak in a bucket of sanatizer for a few minutes...

 

[jacketsfans]

If you're paranoid you could just spray/dip it in some Star-San. If it were me, I'd just go for it.

 

[menschmaschine]

Yes, definitely sanitize it somehow, whether heat or chemical sanitizing. It's not worth the risk. That hop sock could have been a butt wipe in a previous life. This is how "is my beer infected?" threads get started.

(I never used a hop sock, but I'm going on the general recommendation that anything that touches beer get's sanitized... except hops themselves of course. Plus I'm pretty OCD when it comes to sanitizing.)

 

[BigEd]

I'm getting ready to dry hop, and plan on putting my hops in a little grain/hop sock that you can get from the lhbs. Do I sanatize this thing? If so is it best to just let the sock to soak in a bucket of sanatizer for a few minutes...

Boil the hop bag in a little water for five minutes. Let it sit until you can handle it, put in the hops and drop it in the beer.