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johnpbuckles
Joined: 18 May 2020 Posts: 11 Location: Denver, CO
Drinking: Juicy J NEIPA
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Link Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 6:40 pm Post subject: Hop bombs for dry hopping? |
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Anyone have experience with "hop bombs" for dry hopping?
I thought I'd give them a shot with my recent NEIPA. I bought 6 of these bombs and added 1oz of hops to each. They advertise there being enough space for 1oz of pellets to expand, and still have extraction.
https://www.morebeer.com/products/stainless-hop-bomb.html?a_aid=theelectricbrewery
After removing the bombs to clean, however, I'm not so sure. The hops expanded to create a tight ball and dumped out of the bomb still intact in a spherical shape. I broke them up, and the hops all seemed to be wet, but I worried about how much of the oils I actually extracted. They worked as advertised though, and there was very little hop debris in the beer.
https://flic.kr/p/2j3ZBwy
https://flic.kr/p/2j3WYE8
The beer still tastes great, and has the hop flavors and aroma. I think it was perhaps a bit less flavor/aroma than I'd have thought, had I just dry hopped "raw" into the beer. Maybe I'm not using them exactly right? Are they just not a great idea to begin with haha?
Cheers!
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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johnpbuckles
Joined: 18 May 2020 Posts: 11 Location: Denver, CO
Drinking: Juicy J NEIPA
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Link Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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I was actually using these to dry hop in my fermenter, not the keg. I've never tried putting hops in a keg, but your products look neat!
I was looking at the Hop Stopper the other day and wondering about my Torpedo keg. The dip tube is entirely straight/vertical - there is no traditional bend to the center. The bottom of the keg is slightly convex, so the dip tube still sucks up the last drop from around the edges.
Would the Hop Stopper work with a Torpedo keg?
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Link Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Same idea: The advantage of the Hop Stopper Keg Edition is that you can dry hop freely in the fermenter too, or secondary/brite. Just toss the hops in for best extraction. That's what I do. I actually don't dry hop in the keg (very rarely).
When you rack to keg with a Hop Stopper Keg Edition installed and you won't get any hop bits in your glass.
Even if you only dry hop in the fermenter or brite tank, some hop bits will invariably make their way into the keg and end up in the glass. The Hop Stopper 2.0 Keg Edition fixes that. I use one in the keg for all beers that have hops or additions added post-boil.
Kal
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