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Brewing => Technique => Topic started by: DandyMason on November 13, 2011, 08:45:19 PM

Title: Hops Bags
Post by: DandyMason on November 13, 2011, 08:45:19 PM: For those who use them, How do you clean your hop bags?

Can I just toss them in the washer?
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: Jake on November 13, 2011, 09:28:14 PM: I'm yet to wash them in the washer. I usually just rinse them by hand without soap, and just make sure there are no particles in there. Then just lay them out on the rack to dry. I figure they're going to be boiled for an extended period of time, so that'll kill just about anything on there that I can't rinse off.

They seem pretty delicate, so I don't bother adding them to the wash ... but I'm sure yuou probably could and it wouldn't hurt anything.
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: DandyMason on November 13, 2011, 09:30:22 PM: Yeah true good points... Probably not needed
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: Kyle on November 14, 2011, 09:55:30 AM: Yeah, I use the same method as Jake.
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: brew on November 14, 2011, 10:25:33 AM: Quote from: "Kyle"
Yeah, I use the same method as Jake.
+1
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: fakr on November 14, 2011, 03:43:00 PM: To add a spin to this...I'm going to be using a hop bag with whole leaf hops in my secondary keg when pressure fermenting...this is to avoid issues like Jake faced with a stuck pressure transfer becasue of hop pellet particles. Throw the hops in a bag and throw it in the secondary keg before pressure transferring.

I had the ideal of hand washing the bag, rinsing, then soaking in starsan. After that fill the wet bag with hops and throw it in the secondary....anyone see a problem with that method?
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: Richard on November 14, 2011, 03:50:48 PM: Nope.
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: sdixon on November 14, 2011, 10:14:08 PM: Nope - 2
Title: Re: Hops Bags
Post by: fakr on November 15, 2011, 08:17:01 AM: geez, I had to read my post again to see how I worded my question...thought you guys were just saying no with no explanation!