Dry hop port on Apollo snub nose

[Braufather]

How do people use this?

The first time I used a cut of water bottle as a funnel but too big and lost a quite few outside the FV

The second time i used an actual funnel but it kept clogging up. In fact it took so long I think I would have had less oxygen ingress just taking the lid and dumping them in quickly!

any tips for using the hop port?

 

[dcbrookes]

If it is the same as the hop port on the Snub Nose Gen.3, it is a complete waste of time - just a marketing gimmick. The only way is to release the pressure, remove the lid, drop the hops in as quickly as possible, replace the lid and re-pressurise. It is important not to allow the krausen to expand enough to reach the PRV as it could block it and become a safety hazard. The Kegland hop bong seems the ideal way to dry hop but that will not fit KK fermenters of course.

 

[Braufather]

I’m coming to the same conclusion, It does seem a bit pointless.

I’ve sen the hop bong too but that going in the othe direction! I’m looking for a low hassle dry hop proses but thought the snub 3/Apollo was supposed to be that!

Maybe there is a good funnel out there that does block?

 

[Braufather]