Pardon my ignorance, but in 4+ years brewing, I've never used leaf hops. But my LHBS was out of simcoe pellets, so I got the leaf hops. My usual procedure is to dry how loose in the primary and then cold crash for a couple days and the pellet hops will settle out. Will leaf hops behave the same or will they float?
Will leaf hops sink after cold crashing?
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From my experience they will not all drop out. You will get the ones that get completely saturated that might fall out but as a whole it's not going to happen.
I always put the cone hops in a stretched out muslin bag and weigh them down with a sanitized marble or something. I find that doing this helps with surface area contact and you'll get a better dryhop.
I always put the cone hops in a stretched out muslin bag and weigh them down with a sanitized marble or something. I find that doing this helps with surface area contact and you'll get a better dryhop.
Thanks. I will plan to bag them then.
I don't bag mine- they get saturated with wort even if they don't sink.
It's not too bad racking, unless you manage to get a few loose leaves stuck in the siphon.
It's not too bad racking, unless you manage to get a few loose leaves stuck in the siphon.
Would it avoid that if I put a bag around the end of the siphon? I generally put a bag at the end of the output hose, but could put one around the input tube.
I know some do, but it never worked out for me, as the darn bag would clog the siphon worse.
