Dry Hopping to give flavour to home brew extracts 2

Tuesday 23, September, 2025 

I've made 3 batches with hops now, the last one, a Miners Porter (Bock) is currently maturing in bottles . I'd dry hopped it for 3 days prior to bottling. 

The first was a Stout and the hops definitely gave it more flavour, but more sediment. 

The 2nd, an APA also had more flavour too, and was more drinkable. 

Both I needed to chill first otherwise a bit explosive on opening. Also a bit of residue/debris at bottom of bottle, not sure if yeast or the hops, but I need to leave a little bit in bottom of bottle to not get the sludge. A bit of a pain if the bottle froths up on opening as residue is mixed with the froth, so you get warts and all, hence the chilling of the beer. 

I've tried to use the filter I got on the line when decanting to new barrel but the filter mesh is too course and pretty mush lets a lot of the residue through. I've been thinking  

 Beer Filter Beer Inline Filter Strainer for Home Brewing 150 Micron 80 Mesh Water and Beer Filtering Home kitchen Gadgets

So the 80 mesh 150 micron not fine enough, can get another 200 micron mesh and strainer for about $15 on Ali Express, may end up slowing the decanting process, but may end up with a clearer beer. 

Also use finings (and apparently can use gelatin also) to clear the beer.