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Colexis2
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I've had a few ideas and wondered if anyone had tried these:
1) Putting a hop pellet into each bottle when bottling?
2) Put a hop plug into a blender before boil?

Just thinking of ways to get more aroma when I smell my brew
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KEG
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you do NOT want to put a hop pellet in each bottle, they disintegrate, you'd have bitsy beer :lol:

blending the hop plug probably wouldn't do much either; but you mention "before the boil" - are you boiling the hops? try chucking some in at the end of the boil instead, or even better, dry-hopping towards the end of fermentation, preferably when racking.
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LMAO@bitsybeer!

I may be a bit wasted tonight but that is funny shit! I am definately gonna remember that one for next time I get some chunks in my brew ;)
Prost and happy brewing!

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Colexis2
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But it will settle out over time. Just like dry hopping in the fermenter
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Colexis2 wrote:1) Putting a hop pellet into each bottle when bottling?
You could try a hop flower in the bottle.
I haven't tried it but chris. has (if memory serves me correctly)
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Colexis2 wrote:But it will settle out over time. Just like dry hopping in the fermenter
will indeed, but it won't flocculate together like most yeasts tend to.
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Tipsy wrote:
Colexis2 wrote:1) Putting a hop pellet into each bottle when bottling?
You could try a hop flower in the bottle.
I haven't tried it but chris. has (if memory serves me correctly)
Of course! It'd be a mini organoleptic hop transducer!

Google if in doubt! :wink:
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