Adding hops to keg....

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  1. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    I like to use sure screens with whole hops in the keg that I don't bag up. I'll also use sure screens with pellet hops that I bag up in a muslin bag containing a few stainless steel elbows to weigh them down. I like to hang those bagged pellet hops from one of these lids using wire ties made from a certain type of plastic that is food safe / inert.

    http://morebeer.com/products/cornelius-keg-lid-welded-tab.html
     
    #21 koopa, Oct 29, 2013
  2. mjryan

    mjryan Pooh-Bah (1,571) Dec 22, 2007 Minnesota
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    I use tea balls and pellet hops. Works like a charm. 2 to 3 balls per keg with 2oz of pellets in each ball.
     
    #22 mjryan, Oct 29, 2013
  3. fuzzbalz

    fuzzbalz Pundit (953) Apr 13, 2002 Georgia

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    The first pour was about 12 oz of trub, the picture is of the second pour, some chill haze but no floaties and a nice white fluffy head that’s sticking around. LOTS of aroma from the hops, really smells great. If I closed my eyes I’d swear it was a Pliny. Taste is pretty good, again LOTS of hop flavor and the bitterness is very smooth, I think it’s the wheat malt that’s giving it a smooth mouth feel and causing the hop flavors to hang around on the tongue a good while. I like the amount of bitterness on this, although it seems a little more like 70-80 ibu’s and the malt is taking a back seat. I think another week will give it time to clear more and for the hops and malts to be a bit more balanced.
    I dry hopped with .45oz of Simcoe and .70oz of Amarillo in the keg (this was a 2.5 gal batch) and didn’t use any hop bags. Put them in the keg on 11/3, and then in the fridge on gas 11/7. Used the hop screen on the end of the dip tube……so far It's working like a charm!!
     
    #23 fuzzbalz, Nov 14, 2013
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  4. drlunker

    drlunker Crusader (450) Jul 1, 2005 Pennsylvania

    How should I sanitize the hop bag? Thinking about boiling the bags for a few minutes before adding the hops.
     
    #24 drlunker, Nov 15, 2013
  5. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I dip the empty bag in boiling water for a few seconds.
     
    #25 VikeMan, Nov 15, 2013
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  6. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    That's a mighty fine looking pour . . . thanks for posting your results, wish more people would follow up . . .
     
    #26 PortLargo, Nov 15, 2013
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