dry hopping in my keg

[brewski08]

i was thinking about simply zip tying very securely a nylon hop bag around the beer out tube that extends to the bottom of my keg. i would then add 2 oz of whole hops to my keg.

does anyone have a reason why this WOULDN'T work? i like to keep things simple.

 

[Paul07293]

Would you be able to remove the bag or are you leaving it until the keg is empty? I'd want it close enough to the lid that I could take it out after a few days. I've seen corny lids somewhere that have a ring underneath so you can tie a hop bag to it, can't remember which vendor had them.

 

[brewski08]

Would you be able to remove the bag or are you leaving it until the keg is empty? I'd want it close enough to the lid that I could take it out after a few days. I've seen corny lids somewhere that have a ring underneath so you can tie a hop bag to it, can't remember which vendor had them.

i would keep the bag in there along with the hops until the keg is empty. the bag would serve as a type of filtering system and the hops would be floating around my beer. the hops would not be in my nylon bag.

 

[jammin]

i was thinking about simply zip tying very securely a nylon hop bag around the beer out tube that extends to the bottom of my keg. i would then add 2 oz of whole hops to my keg.

does anyone have a reason why this WOULDN'T work? i like to keep things simple.

The last time I dry hopped in the keg, I just zip-tied the bag shut with the hops inside. Worked great. Seems like your method would work well too. A clog would be a real PITA, if on the off chance it happened.

 

[wailingguitar]

I have CO2 stones in all my serving kegs. They are attached to a piece of clear hose that reaches the bottom of the corny. I put a stainless hose clamp on them, and if I am going to dry hop a particular beer, I slide the top of the bag or the drawstring through the hose at a point that will suspend the bag about halfway down in the keg and tighten the clamp enough to keep it in place.

 

[540perry]

nylon hop bag around the beer out tube

That's my set-up, it works well. I just make a draw-tight loop near the top of the tube, so the the bag is in the beer until it's down to the last gallon or so. It's always stayed in place.