Weighing down with metal bolts

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Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by staplefordbill » Sun May 22, 2011 10:09 pm

I have a muslin bag which I'm going to use with dry hopping. A Yankee book suggests sterilising the bag first, and weighing down the bag with metal bolts. Is sterilising necessary, and would using metal bolts leave a metallic taste? (I have some unused 10cm M10 bolts which I guess are stainless steel.)
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by trucker5774 » Sun May 22, 2011 10:37 pm

If they are stainless steel I would say they are OK. If they are not I would prefer to use something like glass marbles or a paper weight. Stainless bolts are not common place unless you have got them for a special purpose.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by Beer O'Clock » Mon May 23, 2011 1:12 am

I use those pebbles that you place in glass vases to be artistic. A bag for £1. They are polished and easily sanitised with everything else. A handfull is heavy enough to weigh down the muslin bag full of Hops.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by Wolfy » Mon May 23, 2011 5:54 am

Stainless bolts would be fine, however I'd suggest that the thread would make them harder to clean, if doing something similar I'd use glass-marbles or something similar that are round, easy to clean and can be heat-sanitized.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by far9410 » Mon May 23, 2011 8:41 am

And definitely sterilise the bag
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by GrowlingDogBeer » Mon May 23, 2011 9:30 am

I boil my hop bags in a saucepan along with the marbles, it seems the easiest way to make sure they are clean.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by llannige » Mon May 23, 2011 10:54 am

+1 for Steve method.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by sparky Paul » Mon May 23, 2011 12:00 pm

staplefordbill wrote:(I have some unused 10cm M10 bolts which I guess are stainless steel.)
Make sure they are stainless, and not just nickel plated. Stainless are usually marked 'A2' on the head.
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Re: Weighing down with metal bolts

Post by staplefordbill » Mon May 23, 2011 2:44 pm

Bought a £1 bag of decorative pebbles from Wilkos so I'm all set. I'll boil the bag and pebbles together. :D
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