Muddy Beer, How to fix Options

[cbdeacon]

Here's my dilemma...Dry hopped with pellets in secondary...didn't strain properly when racking into keg...should I be patient & assume the floating hop residue will be gone after a few pints, or should I rack into another keg?
Thanks in advance
CB

[ncbeerbrewer]

I have only been kegging my beers for the last 6 months but I have also dry hopped a couple of my IPA's and Pale Ales prior to kegging. I have noticed that it might take a pint or two off a fresh keg to clear it up but I have also noticed that when a keg goes out and is empty there is like a precipitate of hop material on the bottom of the keg. I would suggest either trying drawing a few pints and see if it clears up or if you like go ahead and transfer to another keg and see if you see an improvement. Cold temps help to clarify a beer so if your kegerator is cold it should allow for better clarity as it sits and waits to be consumed. Maybe someone else has other suggestions.

Good Luck,

Mike

[Sampler]

Here's my dilemma...Dry hopped with pellets in secondary...didn't strain properly when racking into keg...should I be patient & assume the floating hop residue will be gone after a few pints, or should I rack into another keg?
Thanks in advance
CB

Patience works wonders! If you can't wait just close your eyes when you drink it. Muddy beer is still beer and as long as it tastes good... how cares?

[BrewingDan]

I really hate dry hopping with pellets. Those little flakes get everywhere. I would leave the keg undistrubed, moved, or vibrated at the coldest temperature you can for as long as it takes to drop out.

Lesson learned.

[gnef]

honestly, i don't mind hop pellets in my beers so much, but i can understand if others are drinking it, they wouldn't want bits and pieces in their beer.

in the future, you can use whole hops and something called a sure-screen to help filter out the hops, but it won't work with pellets.

[HanSolo]

When My friend and I dry hop we use the fine mesh hop bag and add 20% more hops. This seems to work perfectly and almost all of the debris stays in the bag. Just my 2 cents.