FYI - do not use non-SS wire to tie up your keg hop bag...

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Brewed my best batch to date IMHO recently - a IIPA something similar to hopslam - 24lbs grain, 12oz hops for 5 gal.

After about a week in the keg, I started to get a very very strong metal taste. Got so bad I couldn't drink it. After letting it sit several weeks, I finally opened it up this past weekend. To my horror I discovered that the wire I had used to tie my dry hop bag to the keg lid was rusted and mostly disintegrated:

The wire was from a spool I had from a left over work project and I had always assumed it was stainless. Guess it wasn't. At least I found the culprit. It just about killed me to dump it down the drain however. I'm still grieving...

 

[MindenMan]

I know it sucks, but cut yourself some slack. You are not the first person to do this, nor will you be the last...

 

[NickTheGreat]

Oh no. That's awful.

 

[Yoss]

off topic, but how did you tie it to the inside of the keg lid? Mine are all smooth on the inside.

 

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off topic, but how did you tie it to the inside of the keg lid? Mine are all smooth on the inside.

Someone here gave me the idea but I used a ss worm gear hose clamp around the pressure relief valve that sticks out from the inside of the lid.

 

[broadbill]

I used non-waxed dental floss and I runs out of the keg, over the big gasket in then corney lid. I then tie it somewhere on the top of the keg.

I don't like the idea of a worm gear hose clamp; those are typically coated with some surface metal that can flake off and corrode.

 

[Yooper]

That stinks!

I never thought about tying my dryhop bag in the keg. I've just dropped it in there.

 

[broadbill]

That stinks!

I never thought about tying my dryhop bag in the keg. I've just dropped it in there.

I thought about doing this, but convinced myself the bag would sink and toward the end it would clog the dip tube. Glad to hear its not the case; the dental floss idea is a bit of PITA

 

[JuanMoore]

I thought about doing this, but convinced myself the bag would sink and toward the end it would clog the dip tube. Glad to hear its not the case; the dental floss idea is a bit of PITA

I've dry hopped over a dozen kegs without tying them up, and never had a clog. I use 5 gal nylon paint strainer bags. First couple I tied with teflon tape, which worked, but turned out to be a waste of time.

 

[Gitmoe]

You can also use stainless tea balls. That's what I use in my kegs for dry hopping. They'll never clog a dip tube and are easier to clean than nylon bags when you're done.

 

[JuanMoore]

You can also use stainless tea balls. That's what I use in my kegs for dry hopping. They'll never clog a dip tube and are easier to clean than nylon bags when you're done.

Be careful with those too. I have a few of them that have nice SS mesh, but the frame the mesh attaches to is low grade SS, and started rusting after a few uses being exposed to an acidic environment. They also don't hold enough whole leaf hops for my taste.

 

[Gitmoe]

Be careful with those too. I have a few of them that have nice SS mesh, but the frame the mesh attaches to is low grade SS, and started rusting after a few uses being exposed to an acidic environment. They also don't hold enough whole leaf hops for my taste.

Good points. I've used both of the balls the LHBS I work at carries and both hold up just fine. No rust. I also use pellets typically. I can get 2oz in a ball. I've used as many as 3 balls in a keg...