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[erock]

According to an article I read, one can dry hop with hop pellets and within a few days they'll sink to the bottom. Provided one then racks out of secondary via a few inches off the bottom, one shouldn't pick up any bits of hops. Anyone successfully tried this method?

I've dry hopped with leaves and at least in my experience, they don't sink. Wanted to confirm the pellets before I tried it.

[Ken Lenard]

I think bits of the pellets will still be on the surface. I dry hop with pellets and usually place them in a muslin bag... even then, some bits get out and travel throughout the secondary. When I dry hop with pellets and a muslin bag, I place some sanitized marbles in the bag to help the bag sink & get out of my way. It's good, but not perfect. Cheers.
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[Brew Saint]

I do it all the time but the vast majority wont sink on their own, especially if you are not cold crashing. Just give your carboy a little jostle to break the surface tention and they will start to fall. You may have to do it a couple times but it will work. The rest of the little bits will fall when you cold crash.
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[Ted]

Surface tension and some co2 is what is keeping them floating, so as stated above, a little jostling of the carboy should get most to sink.
I simply use whole hops loose in the carboy and put something over the end of the racking cane so I do not draw any hops into the keg. In the past I have used cheap hop socks, nylon covers from scrubby pads and have used a SS lint trap, all have worked great and the lint trap and nylon cover can be reused many times.
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[Cubfan]

I use pellet hops all the time, and I dont bother containing them. Most do sink to the bottom, but after a cold-crash they all do. Just rack an inch or so off the bottom. My last several dry-hopped batches I havent gotten a fleck of hop matter into my keg.

[erock]

Perfect. Thanks guys!