Getting ready to add a few ounces of hop pellets to my corny keg. Questions.... How should I sanitize my muslin bag? Will hop sledge leak from the bag into the beer? Should I add weight to sink the bag? Should I "fish" out the hop bag before force carbonating the keg? Thanks for any info.
Dunk in a bowl of starsan Probably a little I might with whole cones, but wouldn't bother for pellets I don't. I start carbing the beer immediately when I keg with the dry hops and use floss to pull the hops out of the beer once I feel like it tastes good
I agree with kscaldef. Use whole hops in the keg. Definitely dip your bag in sanitizer first and floss works well I hear. There are a few threads about different techniques for this, but I am too lazy to track them. My apologies, cheers!
Put the bag in sanitizer Probably, but it will eventually end up in your trub at the bottom of your keg I never do with pellets, and rarely use whole leaf (but may put some weight in there if I did) I never pull the hops out
Yes, I also boil the bag first. Many would consider this over kill. Depends on the bag but probably a little that will come out in the first few pints. Pellets usually won't float for long. I always do for whole. Depends. I usually transfer to the keg 10-14 days into primary and then do 2 dry hops. One for 7-10 days which I remove and then an ounce or two while the keg chills, carbonates and is served. I wouldn't dry hop at room temp for a week or two and then leave them in there while the keg was served.
