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Thanks for the confidence builder. This has been a very long process. I'd hate to jack it up now. :) I'm using a carboy. I can easily see what's happening. In fact, it now seems to me that using a bucket would be like flying blind. I do understand it's best to not disturb the beer, but I...

I was planning on moving it to a bottling bucket because I don't have a keg setup yet. Sounds like the mesh bag is going to be the way to go.

I'll be using a siphon. I had thought of some type of filter on the end of the line, although I was hopeful someone had a trick (short of cold crashing) to get the hops out of the way in the secondary before siphoning. If the hop bag works for you, I might try to find something the same mesh...

I've read of so many ways to do things. I just took the 'pour em in' approach. Guess I should have taken the bag route.

Sorry, I forgot to add I don't have a way to cold crash. From what I've read, that's the ticket, but I'm just not set up for it right now.

New brewer here. First batch underway, but I have a question about dry hop pellet residue that it seems will ruin the bottling process. I'm brewing the Plinian Legacy grain recipe. It's in the 2nd week of the secondary, after both dry hop additions, but I anticipate an issue when I rack for...