Using fishing line on oak spirals- is this bad?

[formula2fast]

I am planning to tie some fishing line to my oak spirals so I can pull them out of the secondary once the flavor profile is right.

Can the line have any negative effect on the beer (leeching, off flavors, etc...)? I assume it is safe but want to be sure.

I have had it soaking in starsan for the last week.

 

[surgical_ass]

I would get a hop bag and put the spirals in the bag and remove when your ready. You could tie the fishing line to the bag for removal. The only advice I would give with fishing line would be to use monofillamet instead of braided to lessen the chance of the line harboring bacteria.

 

[Braufessor]

I guess I can't say if there is anything "wrong/bad" with using fishing line. But, I can tell you I have a stainless steel mesh tube I have dry hopped with in the keg - I attached 20 lb. monofilament to it to pull it out of the keg after a few days. I put the fishing line right in star san with the SS tube. Whether it is good or bad, I don't know - but I did it, and had no perceived ill effects.

You could also just rack off and keg or bottle at the point where it tastes "right" - unless that is going to mess up some other aspect of the beer.

 

[formula2fast]

My plan was to pull the spirals out when the oak is right because it is then getting vanilla beans and cacoa nibs. I am unsure of how long the oak will need to give me what I am looking for, so I did not want to throw everything in all at once.

I did get monofilament line, I just wasn't sure if it was safe to have it submerged in the beer. Perhaps putting the oak in a muslin bag and putting the line on the bag so it is not submerged in the beer would be a good way to do this.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Why not the tried and true unwaxed dental floss? Cheaper and available in every drug store 24 hours a day (in some places).

 

[alphaomega]

Hasn't dental floss and fishing line been used for dry hopping with hop bags since the dawn of ages? I can't imagine that 1) anything could be seriously wrong by doing so and 2) that we wouldn't know so by now, if that was the case