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Dry hopping in Primary?
Thanks!
Here is another trick for keeping the bag submerged. I had a few rare earth magnets left over after building my stir plate so I decided to put one in the hop sock and one on the outside of the carboy. You can slide the bag halfway down the carboy and it stays. You have to be careful though, if you loose the connection the bag will float away. I used this method for oak chips but it would work for hops too.
Giventofly wrote:
Here is another trick for keeping the bag submerged. I had a few rare earth magnets left over after building my stir plate so I decided to put one in the hop sock and one on the outside of the carboy. You can slide the bag halfway down the carboy and it stays. You have to be careful though, if you loose the connection the bag will float away. I used this method for oak chips but it would work for hops too.
Neat trick. Are rare earth magnets of a food grade metal though?
Nice user name too.
Giventofly wrote:
. I used this method for oak chips but it would work for hops too.
How do you magnetize the wood chips? J/K 
Welcome here- I recognize you from the blueboard- good group of guys here, you'll like it.
I actually don't use the fishing line anymore. Doesn't seem to matter if its sitting in the trub or not and there typically isn't much in the secondary anyway. It's pretty rare that i even dry hop in a carboy anymore due to its just a pain in the ass. I do most of my dry hopping in the keg now. Much easier.
Giventofly, I like your idea and may give it a go sometime. Are you a PJ fan?
It's funny you should ask about the effects of the magnets; I was wondering the same thing. I put the magnet in a sanitized 1/2 size sandwich bag. I was also wondering what, if anything, the magnet would do to the beer. It was a Belgian double that has been in bottle for 18 months and is still tasting great.
Not sure what the blueboard is, but thanks for the welcome.
Giventofly wrote:
Not sure what the blueboard is, but thanks for the welcome.
Then must be someone else with the same username.
andrew jensen wrote:
Giventofly, I like your idea and may give it a go sometime. Are you a PJ fan?
Sorry for the late response, Andrew.
Yes I am a huge P.J. fan, two great things about living in rainy Seattle; beer and P.J.
B.T.W. the hop crop from Washington State could be huge this year due to our mild winter, so far. My Cascades are already budding; that usually doesn't happen until April.
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