Dry hopping with pellets

[Secue]

Challenger Pellets, I was thinking of just whacking them straight into the primary FV. But will they sink the bottom with the trub by end of fermentation? Or if I dry hopped secondary, would they sink and how long would that take (ball park)?

I've got a muslin bag, but wanted to try it without if poss.

ta

[Befuddler]

They should sink if you chill the beer right down to a few degrees at the end of fermentation (give it 2 or 3 days like that). You'll still want to rack through a filter of some kind though, just in case.

[Beer O'Clock]

I've dry hopped with pellets without crash chilling and they have dropped out fine. None transfered to secondary.

[Secue]

cheers lads

[WishboneBrewery]

4c is the quoted temperature to get the Hop-Debris to settle out, then rack it thru something like this...

Tea-Ball and Syphon Tube by pdtnc, on Flickr
...as it gets fluffier and looser as you get to the bottom of the FV.

[Skittlebrau]

Any recommendations for poking the hole? I don't wanna use the wrong tool and cock it up!

[WishboneBrewery]

I think I drilled mine smaller then forced a pair of needle nose pliers thru it till it fit the syphon tube.

[Tinkerer]

Hey, that's a neat solution It beats tying a muslin hop sock onto the racking cane, which is what I do.

[Wolfy]

Love the hop strainer!
But how do you use it while still minimizing oxidation?

[WishboneBrewery]

But how do you use it while still minimizing oxidation?

I put it in the FV and syphon to bottling bucket, there is no reason this device should introduce more oxygen than running to bottling bucket via Tap and tube.
I've never had any oxidation issues with either method, if you were going to be really anal about it you could give the bottling bucket a good blast of C02 prior to transferring.

[Wolfy]

At first I thought the hop-strainer went on the 'out' end of the hose, but then figured (after I posted) that you could probably put it in the bottom of the bottling bucket and still not introduce much oxygen.
Putting it on the 'in' end of the hose and using a siphon is also another logical way, but since I have taps on my FV, that idea did not even occur to me.
... putting it on the end of a keg dip-tube and keg-hoping would also work well I presume.

Think I'll have to get one first then work out how to use it.

[soupdragon]

I've dry hopped with pellets without crash chilling and they have dropped out fine. None transfered to secondary.

Are you talking normal room temperature here?

Cheers Tom

[Beer O'Clock]

I've dry hopped with pellets without crash chilling and they have dropped out fine. None transfered to secondary.

Are you talking normal room temperature here?

Cheers Tom

My usual brewfridge temp of 18 degrees.

[soupdragon]

I've dry hopped with pellets without crash chilling and they have dropped out fine. None transfered to secondary.

Are you talking normal room temperature here?

Cheers Tom

My usual brewfridge temp of 18 degrees.

Ah......

A bit beyond my range at the moment then. I'll have to use the pellets in the boil and keep some flowers for dry

Cheers Tom