Hello my fellow beer enthusiasts!!! I haven had a chance to brew for a while therefor I haven't had to post anything for a while!
It is time to brew again so I have a question for all you guys who know there stuff!!
The last time I brewed I put 1 oz of sweet orange peel into my glass carboy in a small mesh pouch. The pouch ended up floating on top of my beer and I don't think I utilized the orange peel fully as most of it was above the wort floating in the pouch!
I want to add the orange peel to the carboy again for my next pouch and was wondering how I could weigh down the pouch so it stays under the wort so all the peel is fully utilized!! I am thinking about adding some stainless steel bolts to the bag, they should be easy to get through the carboy neck and they should be heavy enough to keep the bag from floating up again!
They are clean, not used at all, and I will sanitize them before I use them!! Does anybody think there should be a problem with this idea???? Do you think the bolts will affect the beer at all?? maybe a metallic taste?? I do not know!!
Please let me know your thoughts asap before I make a huge mistake and ruin my batch!!!
Thanks again in advance for all your help!!!
Mike
BADBEER
It is time to brew again so I have a question for all you guys who know there stuff!!
The last time I brewed I put 1 oz of sweet orange peel into my glass carboy in a small mesh pouch. The pouch ended up floating on top of my beer and I don't think I utilized the orange peel fully as most of it was above the wort floating in the pouch!
I want to add the orange peel to the carboy again for my next pouch and was wondering how I could weigh down the pouch so it stays under the wort so all the peel is fully utilized!! I am thinking about adding some stainless steel bolts to the bag, they should be easy to get through the carboy neck and they should be heavy enough to keep the bag from floating up again!
They are clean, not used at all, and I will sanitize them before I use them!! Does anybody think there should be a problem with this idea???? Do you think the bolts will affect the beer at all?? maybe a metallic taste?? I do not know!!
Please let me know your thoughts asap before I make a huge mistake and ruin my batch!!!
Thanks again in advance for all your help!!!
Mike
BADBEER