GW's Book

[andysmok]

Can anyone clear up a couple of things for me which are in Grahams book. 1st of all he (or you Graham) refers to "some hops" in a few of his recipes, is this an actual type of hop? also what is the procedure for dry hopping, would i throw in a few lose buds of hops when i come to cornie kegging?

[rick_huggins]

Can anyone clear up a couple of things for me which are in Grahams book. 1st of all he (or you Graham) refers to "some hops" in a few of his recipes, is this an actual type of hop?

I believe this has been answered in another post today and it refers to EK Goldings iirc

also what is the procedure for dry hopping, would i throw in a few lose buds of hops when i come to cornie kegging?

Yes

[Jim]

I would advise that if you're dry hopping in a cornie, you put the hops in a muslin bag (including a ping pong ball makes it float so it doesn't get near the sediment and disturb it). Some people use those stainless steel tea balls.

Loose hops might block the dip tube.

[verno]

I would advise that if you're dry hopping in a cornie, you put the hops in a muslin bag (including a ping pong ball makes it float so it doesn't get near the sediment and disturb it). Some people use those stainless steel tea balls.

Loose hops might block the dip tube.

I have a tea ball but I thought I needed to weigh it down to make it work? Will it still work ok if it just floats? I was worried that the aroma wouldn't spread throughout all the liquid?

[Jim]

I would advise that if you're dry hopping in a cornie, you put the hops in a muslin bag (including a ping pong ball makes it float so it doesn't get near the sediment and disturb it). Some people use those stainless steel tea balls.

Loose hops might block the dip tube.

I have a tea ball but I thought I needed to weigh it down to make it work? Will it still work ok if it just floats? I was worried that the aroma wouldn't spread throughout all the liquid?

As long as the hops are immersed in the beer it'll be OK (which they will be, cos hops sink once they're waterlogged). The hop flavours/aroma will diffuse through the whole of the brew.

[andysmok]

Great advice, thanks Jim.

[verno]

yep, thanks Jim, it will make my life easier anyway as weighing it down was always a fiddle.

[andysmok]

I'm going to keg tomorrow with some dry hops and i am unsure about sterilisation. Is there no need to sterilise now as there is alcohol present or should i give my hops a quick boil first? Cleaning the float is not a problem though.

[Jim]

I'm going to keg tomorrow with some dry hops and i am unsure about sterilisation. Is there no need to sterilise now as there is alcohol present or should i give my hops a quick boil first? Cleaning the float is not a problem though.

Just sterilise the float and whatever you're putting the hops in. Hops have natural anti-bacterial properties because of the acids in them - there's no need to boil them.

[andysmok]

Ta Jim