Cornie dry hopper

[endatheworld]

Anybody know of any hombrew shops that sell the cornie dry hopper? I know Brewbuilder sells them but want to order some ingredients and would rather only pay shipping once.

[Aaron]

By far the cheapest option is direct from China on ebay. You can get them for under £15 and they are exactly the same as the ones from UK sellers. Just depends on whether you can be arsed waiting about 3 weeks.

[darthballs]

Keg Kingdom do them for £26, but be warned they don't work very well with pellets, you will get lots of debris in your keg and beer and you will need to re-filter it.

[Matt in Birdham]

Yeah - I'm fairly ambivalent about mine as well (could even be persuaded to part with it for the right price ). I think that they are a bit fiddly, for a start - I had to put a hoseclamp round the underside of my gas vent, and then attach thread to that, as I couldn't get a good seal with thread going through the lid. I'm not totally convinced about the hop dispersal (it is quite a small volume, compared to the keg at least) and finally it is an awkward sort of thing to clean and sanitise (so some risk there). They're also fairly pricey.
I'm planning on getting a couple of these, which apparently solve the problem (for pellets, at least) by moving your intake to the top of the keg. This means you can just dry-hop freely in the keg which is a lot easier. Other benefits include clearer beer sooner, as it settles towards the bottom.

[bigtoe]

Yeah - I'm fairly ambivalent about mine as well (could even be persuaded to part with it for the right price ). I think that they are a bit fiddly, for a start - I had to put a hoseclamp round the underside of my gas vent, and then attach thread to that, as I couldn't get a good seal with thread going through the lid. I'm not totally convinced about the hop dispersal (it is quite a small volume, compared to the keg at least) and finally it is an awkward sort of thing to clean and sanitise (so some risk there). They're also fairly pricey.
I'm planning on getting a couple of these, which apparently solve the problem (for pellets, at least) by moving your intake to the top of the keg. This means you can just dry-hop freely in the keg which is a lot easier. Other benefits include clearer beer sooner, as it settles towards the bottom.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=76365

Just build this system, order a spare gas tube if you don't want to cut the outlet tube like i did.

[Matt in Birdham]

Thanks - yeah, I remember reading that thread now! I will get one ordered and give it a go. How are you finding yours? Would you agree with the idea that one could dry hop freely (with pellets) using this device?

[endatheworld]

Thanks everyone. Saved me spending even more money. I think I will give these methods a try instead.

[endatheworld]

Yeah - I'm fairly ambivalent about mine as well (could even be persuaded to part with it for the right price ). I think that they are a bit fiddly, for a start - I had to put a hoseclamp round the underside of my gas vent, and then attach thread to that, as I couldn't get a good seal with thread going through the lid. I'm not totally convinced about the hop dispersal (it is quite a small volume, compared to the keg at least) and finally it is an awkward sort of thing to clean and sanitise (so some risk there). They're also fairly pricey.
I'm planning on getting a couple of these, which apparently solve the problem (for pellets, at least) by moving your intake to the top of the keg. This means you can just dry-hop freely in the keg which is a lot easier. Other benefits include clearer beer sooner, as it settles towards the bottom.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=76365

Just build this system, order a spare gas tube if you don't want to cut the outlet tube like i did.

Thanks everyone. Saved me spending even more money. I think I will give these methods a try instead.

So much for saving money. £19 delivery to Northern Ireland from http://www.caskwidge.com!

@Matt in Birdham: Want to sell your Dry Hopper?