Dry hopping for 6 weeks?

[BitterTed]

... am I just over anxious?

Yes! The beer won't be contaminated by the hops. The beer has alcohol and the hops are a natural preservative.
I dry hop in keg regularly . I use a muslin hop bag and I attatch it to the dip tube by using a paper clip. Using whole hops, it floats beneeth the surface of the beer and does not block the dip tube.
Also, I have dry hopped in secondary a number of times and when I do, I add multiple additions of hops, generally at the beginning of secondary and then 4 days prior to racking to freshen up the aroma, this method works wonderfully , especially if you follow it up with dry hops inkeg!!

[niall]

tim,

just to let you know, this is the first time i had left hops in this long (nearly two months in secondary as i was waiting for my cornie setup). I can safely say that it worked out wonderfully. This was easily my best brew and I can see myself dry hopping in the keg as a matter of course from now on. I have discovered a downside to cornie kegs though - you drink the beer too bloody quickly - I finished the keg at the weekend so I'll have to up the frequency of brewing and/or get a second keg. Ah well....

[tim]

Ted, DaaB, Niall - thanks for your reassuring words and persuasive logic - IPA I brewed saturday will be dry hopped

Niall - I'd get that corny on order
T

[Ross]

Digging up an old thread, but i find the find S/S mesh tea balls are perfect for adding hops to the keg; they are very popular here in Aus. I'm sure they are available pretty cheaply locally, but you can see a pic here if you are not sure what I'm talking about http://craftbrewer.com.au/index.php?pag ... &Itemid=29

cheers Ross

[guest5234]

i used rabs sort of method before but i used a ping pong ball, works a treat! some one at the home brew shop told me about it while we got onto a random conversation about dry hopping while waiting to be served.[/code]

Is the any chance the hops could infect the beer? I know the bag needs boiling, but dry hops are ok?

[oblivious]

i used rabs sort of method before but i used a ping pong ball, works a treat! some one at the home brew shop told me about it while we got onto a random conversation about dry hopping while waiting to be served.[/code]

Is the any chance the hops could infect the beer? I know the bag needs boiling, but dry hops are ok?

Yep, they should be fine

[kenmc]

to be honest i don't even think you need a ping pong ball or float - I put a big marble into mine to sink it in the secondary, and the feckin thing is STILL floating on the surface! Go figure!?!?
I think the hops will naturally wanna float anyway - they certainly do in the boil...

[oblivious]

I dry hoped with out a bag and found a carboy much easer to siphon form that a plastic fermentor

[AT]

Digging up an old thread, but i find the find S/S mesh tea balls are perfect for adding hops to the keg; they are very popular here in Aus. I'm sure they are available pretty cheaply locally, but you can see a pic here if you are not sure what I'm talking about http://craftbrewer.com.au/index.php?pag ... &Itemid=29

cheers Ross

Is there anywhere locally to get one of these balls? i know some of ye will have great ideas for making one but i'm so lazy you couldn't start to understand

[guest5234]

i used rabs sort of method before but i used a ping pong ball, works a treat! some one at the home brew shop told me about it while we got onto a random conversation about dry hopping while waiting to be served.[/code]

I know you have to sterlise thye muslin bag, but is there not a chance that the whole hops need sterelising? or do you just stick them straight into the bag? what rate would you use fuggles in a 5 gallon brew?
Cheers,

[Dirty Davey]

just sling the hops in. If you're putting them in the primary, then I tend to wait for the yeast to get going. They'll usually out compete any other bugs for food, so you shouldn't have a problem. If you're putting them in after the primary then the alcohol should make the beer resistant to infection.

I usually go for between 1 and 2oz for a 5 gallon batch