Hop drop improvement

If you have problems with the hop bags dropping you can try adding a heavy stainless steel / inox nut (e.g. m10 or m12) or ball (16mm - 17.3g / 17mm - 20.8g / 18mm - 25g) in each hop bag. Be careful to buy food grade stainless STEEL and not chrome / zinc / etc.

Stainless steel (Inox A2 / 304 or A4 / 316) is safe as it is being used in most boilers, fermentation tanks, kegs and pretty much everywhere in the food industry.

When using these, there's also no need to soak the hop bags in advance. This reduces the risk of hops already expanding and getting stuck in the carousel.

The balls are also available from Amazon though using more than one is advised in this size as they are only 7.5mm in diameter.