Dry hops floating

[Theoriginalrich]

I’m currently fermenting my NEIPA style beer, I dry hopped on day two as the brew was going off like a rocket. The dry hop was 240g and is fermenting at 5psi. My problem is the hops are floating and I think they’re paying havoc with my iSpindel as the pic will show the red line going up and down all the time. I’ve never had this happen before and was wondering if the amount of hops was causing this and I should do a cold crash to help them ‘fall’

 

[Leon103]

Should have weighed them down.

 

[Theoriginalrich]

I’ve never had this happen to me before so I’ve never thought about doing it.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Did you use leaf or pellets?
I only use leaf hops in the boil and use pellets for dry hopping for just this reason.
I've found the whole hops sit in an unsinkable raft after dry hopping, cold crashing doesn't help much.
Using a weighted bag would help no doubt but I like to leave them loose.
Also I only dry hop after fermentation has finished around day 10.

If it were me and its still fermenting I'd probably leave it be, cold crash when finished and trust gravity will be what it should be.

 

[Theoriginalrich]

I only use hop pellets, maybe I have to get some of those fruit bags from the supermarket and give those a go. What do people use as weights though?

 

[The Baron]

Stainless steel dessert spoon(teaspoons are not heavy enough) just sanitise and chuck in the bag with the hops

 

[The Baron]

Oh and use some fishing line to suspend the bag as it will hit the bottom with the extra weight of the spoons in it

 

[dad_of_jon]

big marbles works for me

 

[Birdsnestbrewery]

Stainless steel dessert spoon(teaspoons are not heavy enough) just sanitise and chuck in the bag with the hops

Might need 2 spoons or split between bags with a spoon in each, depending on how many hops you have. It's surprising how buoyant hops can be.

 

[MashBag]

For oaks dominoes I boiled some rock(okok big gravel) and used them. Bugger they can float.