Dry Hop woes

[Westcoastrocks]

So I have been experimenting with dry hopping. More like what is the best way to dry hop. I started dry hopping in the bright tank with a fine nylon tank. It worked great until today. The hop bag is now blocking the one and only valve for kegging. It took about 2 hours yesterday to trickle feed a single keg!

I suppose next time I can weigh the bag down more then last time so they don't move, but as for now I think I may be screwed. Anyone have any ideas on how to unblock the valve?

[schmogger]

You can try blasting some CO2 through your port to try to displace the hop bag. Do you have a sample port that you could rack off of? I know it would take a lot longer but it would be faster then one keg in two hours. Next time you dry hop try to attach the bag to something like a carb stone if it is in a brite tank. If it is a uni tank fabricate something so the bag is suspended in the beer and not touching the bottom of the vessel. I hope this helps.

[Westcoastrocks]

I tried blasting it with co2 before did not work. Tried it again @ 60PSI and it finally worked. Tying the bag to the carb stone is a great idea thanks for the tip!

[John Dean]

I have had the same problem in the past. I now hang the bag from the spray ball with a piece of stainless wire. Works great.

Cheers,
John Dean

[BFBC]

Hanging it in the tank is the best option...we hang from a welded loop on our racking arm. We put a stainless steel pot lid with the handle side down in the tank. It keeps anything (like a hop bag) from clogging the feed.