Hey Gang.
This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can answer
my question.
Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops to my
secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of the
hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle to
the bottom.
I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I don't want
green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
Any suggestions?

Thanks

Roger

Just use a siphon to a bucket and most if not all should be settled to the
bottom.

"Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Hey Gang.
> This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can[/color]
answer[color=blue]
> my question.
> Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops to[/color]
my[color=blue]
> secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of the
> hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle to
> the bottom.
> I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
> I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I don't[/color]
want[color=blue]
> green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
>
>[/color]

well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
Any more suggestions?
"BKBooth" <bkbooth@nospam_.com> wrote in message
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> Just use a siphon to a bucket and most if not all should be settled to the
> bottom.
>
> "Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:FytUb.8957$bp1.558878@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=green]
> > Hey Gang.
> > This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can[/color]
> answer[color=green]
> > my question.
> > Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops to[/color]
> my[color=green]
> > secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > the bottom.
> > I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
> > I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I don't[/color]
> want[color=green]
> > green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

Roger Grimmond wrote:[color=blue]
>
> well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
> Any more suggestions?[/color]

Only the obvious one...wait. Why do you have to bottle on Sat.?

---------->Denny

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"Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
> Any more suggestions?[/color]

wait til next saturday?

I'm assuming you're using whole hops (my server only posted a few
replies...) If you really want to bottle on Saturday try this:

Rack into another carboy or bucket - put a sanitized SS scrubby on the
bottom of your racking cane. Then rack again into your bottling bucket
using the same cane/ scrubby set-up. You can do this in the same day, same
hour of you want. That should get rid of most if not all of your floating
hops.

Also, I've never seen green, or any color sludge on top of a beer.

Good luck

Roger Grimmond <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:nsxUb.9291$bp1.578944@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=blue]
> well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
> Any more suggestions?
> "BKBooth" <bkbooth@nospam_.com> wrote in message
> news:402289bf$0$32586$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.com...[color=green]
> > Just use a siphon to a bucket and most if not all should be settled to[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > bottom.
> >
> > "Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:FytUb.8957$bp1.558878@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Hey Gang.
> > > This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can[/color]
> > answer[color=darkred]
> > > my question.
> > > Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops[/color][/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > my[color=darkred]
> > > secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > the bottom.
> > > I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
> > > I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I[/color][/color][/color]
don't[color=blue][color=green]
> > want[color=darkred]
> > > green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

well I've waited. it's been 20 days in the secondary and the hops haven't
settled to the bottom. *sigh*. Will they ever?
The majority of them have settled but there's still a 'film' of hops on the
top and lots of hop particles floating around in the beer.
What should I do next? should I just siphon and strain it through a sieve or
a cheesecloth?

Thanks

Roger

"Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:nsxUb.9291$bp1.578944@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=blue]
> well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
> Any more suggestions?
> "BKBooth" <bkbooth@nospam_.com> wrote in message
> news:402289bf$0$32586$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.com...[color=green]
> > Just use a siphon to a bucket and most if not all should be settled to[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > bottom.
> >
> > "Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:FytUb.8957$bp1.558878@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Hey Gang.
> > > This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can[/color]
> > answer[color=darkred]
> > > my question.
> > > Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops[/color][/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > my[color=darkred]
> > > secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > the bottom.
> > > I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
> > > I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I[/color][/color][/color]
don't[color=blue][color=green]
> > want[color=darkred]
> > > green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

In rec.crafts.brewing Roger Grimmond <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
> well I've waited. it's been 20 days in the secondary and the hops haven't
> settled to the bottom. *sigh*. Will they ever?
> The majority of them have settled but there's still a 'film' of hops on the
> top and lots of hop particles floating around in the beer.
> What should I do next? should I just siphon and strain it through a sieve or
> a cheesecloth?
>[/color]

Ignore it and bottle or keg your beer like normal. A small piece here
or there won't affect your beer any. Besides, if you use a siphon like
an autosiphon, almost none of the hops will actually make it into the
final vessel. I always have some hops stuck to the side and floating
around when I dry hop with pellets. No problem and nobody has
complained about the beer.

BTW ... NEVER, EVER use cheesecloth. You will just ruin a good beer ...
my opinion of course (always have to have a disclaimer in this group).

--

Thomas T. Veldhouse
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Roger Grimmond wrote:
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> What should I do next? should I just siphon and strain it through a
> sieve or a cheesecloth?[/color]

First off...why are you cross-posting with 4 different newsgroups???

Other than that, you don't want to strain your finished brew through
anything as it can allow too much O2 into the beer. Just do as Tom V said
and bottle/keg. I brewed an IPA a month or so ago and used pellet hops for
dry hopping. THere were plenty of floaties during the first couple pints
but that was about it. Well, other than the last pint or so...it definitely
let me know my keg was almost kicked :(

first of all..what is your definition of dry hopping? did you add
theseminutes before the end of the boil? if you added them after and chilled
it before the pellets were toalla moisten you might have probs. Whatever the
case, the best way i can think of to help this is get a 4" mesh fish net
from any petco or walmart pet dept. and skim off the floaters like you would
a swimming pool (only in miniture). Then continue as normal.


"Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:nsxUb.9291$bp1.578944@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=blue]
> well I bottle on Saturday and it's Thursday. and it hasn't settled.
> Any more suggestions?
> "BKBooth" <bkbooth@nospam_.com> wrote in message
> news:402289bf$0$32586$2c56edd9@news.cablerocket.com...[color=green]
> > Just use a siphon to a bucket and most if not all should be settled to[/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green]
> > bottom.
> >
> > "Roger Grimmond" <rgrimmond@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:FytUb.8957$bp1.558878@news20.bellglobal.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Hey Gang.
> > > This is my first attempt at dry hopping and I was hoping someone can[/color]
> > answer[color=darkred]
> > > my question.
> > > Shouldn't the hops settle to the bottom of my fermenter? I added hops[/color][/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > my[color=darkred]
> > > secondary 10 days ago and I decided to check on it's progress. Most of[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > hops are floating at the top of the fermenter. I expected it to settle[/color][/color]
> to[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > the bottom.
> > > I shook the fermenter a bit and some went to the bottom.
> > > I guess I'm worried that I should be bottling in a few days and I[/color][/color][/color]
don't[color=blue][color=green]
> > want[color=darkred]
> > > green sludge at the top of my bottled beer.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]