How do you dry hop?

[loopie_beer]

I use one of these

[damian_winter]

I almost bought some like that but i got three of the ones that use for price of one of those. Whats the micron of yours i dont have any sediment with mine its 300 microns

[sneezles61]

I don't know what the tea ball is... very close to my grist basket at 400... I'm thinking, I'll secondary/dry hop in a keg, then transfer to a serving keg... There I can cold crash and carb... I know its alot of transferring, but I won't fret too much.. I will keep it al sealed and purge through each step... Sneezles61

[uncdeo]

How many ounces can u get in there?

[loopie_beer]

Mine is 300 microns as well. But nothing will contain 100% of the hops. What I like about these is they can hold quiet a bit of hops.

[damian_winter]

They only recomend 2.5 oz of pellet per tube but i put 4 oz in one with no problems. The hops do expand. But you add more than one to the fermenter is one thing i like about them

[uncdeo]

Where u get them from?

[damian_winter]

I pm ya but check out our host here they might sell them. They called dry hop tubes

[uncdeo]

I just dropped pellets in the primary for the last time.

[sneezles61]

Im not so against putting in the primary after it settles down.... Just gets to be a bummer when racking... Yes, those screens are the ... excuse me Brew Cat... The cats meow! Sneezles61

[uncdeo]

Clogged my QD twice

[hd4mark]

Looking at that hop infuser thing got me thinking. I have some stainless screen I bought a long time ago to make "bazooka" type false bottoms. Some CPVC pipe to wrap it around with a couple of cap ends and either stainless hose clamps or plastic tie wraps to hold the screen on and I could make one for almost nothing.

Sound like it would work? The screen worked fine in a cooler MT.

[sneezles61]

I'd think it would work fine! Give it a try, I'd like to hear how it did... Sneezles61

[hd4mark]

Won't be until spring. The screen and most of my tools are 1600 miles away.

[damian_winter]

Why not silver solder it together you can get it at local hardware store and is cheap enough 10 dollars for a roll that would last a brewer a life time. Also it's food grade and lead free.

[hd4mark]

Might work to stick it together but how would I clamp it onto the CPVC or would that be for a different pipe for the ends?

[damian_winter]

This is what I would do. Make two tubes with the screen . Crimp the one end and solder each tube ends. Then get a stainless male and female coupler that screw into each other solder them on the other end with the sliver solder. Solder the seam of the screen. This way you can screw them together or if you wanted to dry hop at different time withs other hops grab a cap and plug for the couplers and you got two dry hop tubes.. I built my kettle and mash tun screens this way worked great

[hd4mark]

Well @damian_winter you just turned my ten minute project into two hours

[damian_winter]

Lol i think I could build it in ten minutes or less. With a butane torch and some vicegrips heat the screen and solder away.

[sneezles61]

Well, lets revisit this... So I have 10 gallons of IPA that I dry hopped... One, I put the hops in after a few days at room temp and left it there for a few more. I did cold crash afterwards, hops still in the keg... The other, I cold crashed then added hops and left cold... The room temp dry hopped does have a better all around flavor/aroma... the cold dry hopped isn't too far off, but it does have a bit more grass/vegitative taste to it.. So another lesson I've learned... dry hop at room temp... Sneezles61