whirlfloc tablets

[Jtd6628]

I have an IPA in a secondary with a mess of dissolved hop pellets floating on top it has been 4 days and was planing on bottling on day five. Will the dry hops settle out more if I wait longer? Can you use whirfloc tablets after the boil or even in the secondary? And if I bottle with all those particles floating around in there will they settle out during bottle conditioning?

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[Jtd6628]

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[Yooper]

Whirlfloc is a kettle fining, and only works in the boil to coagulate proteins. It doesn't do anything else.

I usually dryhop 3-7 days before packaging the beer. Your racking cane should have a black tip on it that helps keep the big chunks from working their way into the bottling bucket.

I like to start the siphon in the middle of the fermenter- under the floaties and above the trub. Then I just lower the racking cane as the level of the beer lowers. If you stay between the floaties and the trub, you'll do just fine!

 

[Jtd6628]

Thanks for "clearing up" that about whirl floc would cold crashing 24 hours before bottling day which I will put off until day 7 of dry hoping help?

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[Yooper]

Thanks for "clearing up" that about whirl floc would cold crashing 24 hours before bottling day which I will put off until day 7 of dry hoping help?

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Probably. I don't do that, but it might drop out some of the floaties!

 

[waldoar15]

I just use a hop sock when using pellets for dry hopping. I make it as loose as possible ( because they swell) so you can fish it out of the carboy when you go to clean it. I've done the same thing in a keg too. Works for me. <shrug>

 

[skyebrewing]

I cold crash 24 to 48 and all the floaties (hops, yeast) all drop to the bottom

 

[IrishBrewer74]

I use a paint strainer bag to dry hop in, but the smaller ones can be used as a slip on filter over your racking cane. I let it sit in starsan along with a small wire tie. Then just slip it over then end of the racking cane, wire tie is in place and +1 to the starting in the middle of the fermenter. I did this when I made a raspberry wheat with real raspberries. No floaties made it through.

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[Calder]

I dry hop for 2 weeks. The pellets usually drop around day 10. A gentle rock of the fermenter will help some drop that are being supported by the surface tension.

If they are on top or dropped, when you rack to a bottling bucket, very little will transfer, and when bottling, I find only the last bottle gets any material in it as I'm trying to get the last bit of liquid out of the bucket.