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Date: 13 Sep 2006 15:56:48
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: serving keg dry hopping
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when dry hopping in the serving keg, has anybody come accross problems
from overcarbonation since the beer will ferment the hops?. I had an
ipa awhile back that was foaming way to much and it was dryhopped in
the serving keg. the hops were added and the keg wasnt vented for a
couple days, then i started force carbonation. also while serving will
i need to do anything with the mesh bag full of whole hops to prevent
them from clogging the out tube or can i just let it float.
Thanks...
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 23:45:34
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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On 13 Sep 2006 15:56:48 -0700, <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote:
> when dry hopping in the serving keg, has anybody come accross problems
> from overcarbonation since the beer will ferment the hops?. I had an
How does it ferment hops? I don't think that's possible.
> ipa awhile back that was foaming way to much and it was dryhopped in
> the serving keg. the hops were added and the keg wasnt vented for a
> couple days, then i started force carbonation. also while serving will
> i need to do anything with the mesh bag full of whole hops to prevent
> them from clogging the out tube or can i just let it float.
Some people use fishing line or string to "hang" the hop bag from the lid
of the keg, so that it doesn't clog the tube.
John.
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 18:42:53
From: Scott Lindner
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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> How does it ferment hops? I don't think that's possible.
Cabbage is fermented to make sauerkraut. I don't know what the active
ingredient is, or if it really is fermentation, but that's what they call
it. Sauerhops anyone?
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 02:16:16
From: Andy Davison
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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On Thursday 14 September 2006 01:42, Scott Lindner wrote:
> Cabbage is fermented to make sauerkraut. I don't know what the active
> ingredient is, or if it really is fermentation, but that's what they call
> it. Sauerhops anyone?
That's totally different, it is fermented with lactobacillus not yeast. I
have noticed that putting hops in a keg can start it going again, except I
don't think it really did. I think the hops provided nucleation points and
the CO2 in the beer started coming out.
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Andy Davison
andy [at] oiyou [dot] ukfsn [dot] org
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Date: 15 Sep 2006 08:46:53
From: Denny Conn
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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Scott Lindner wrote:
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> > How does it ferment hops? I don't think that's possible.
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> Cabbage is fermented to make sauerkraut. I don't know what the active
> ingredient is, or if it really is fermentation, but that's what they call
> it. Sauerhops anyone?
Cabbage has sugars in it that will ferment...hops don't.
-------- >Denny
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Life begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 18:07:42
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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dutchbrew/chicago wrote:
> when dry hopping in the serving keg, has anybody come accross problems
> from overcarbonation since the beer will ferment the hops?. I had an
> ipa awhile back that was foaming way to much and it was dryhopped in
> the serving keg. the hops were added and the keg wasnt vented for a
> couple days, then i started force carbonation. also while serving will
> i need to do anything with the mesh bag full of whole hops to prevent
> them from clogging the out tube or can i just let it float.
>
> Thanks...
>
Beer doesn't ferment hops. Adding dry hops to the serving keg should
cause no extra gas to be produced. My guess is that either your system
wasn't in balance, or maybe the beer wasn't done fermenting.
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 14:40:06
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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ok thanks for the clarification, for some reason i thought i remembered
something about yeast fermenting hops somewhere but wasnt sure.
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 14:56:00
From: Bill Riel
Subject: Re: serving keg dry hopping
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In article <1158270006.428005.247160@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
vroomski1@yahoo.com says...
> ok thanks for the clarification, for some reason i thought i remembered
> something about yeast fermenting hops somewhere but wasnt sure.
Nothing for them to ferment, but it sure can look like the addition of
dry hops "re-starts" fermentation. As others have indicated it's just
CO2 coming out of solution.
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Bill
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