How to make a hop bag in 10 minutes with no sewing.

 This may seem silly but for those of us without sewing gear who still want to dry hop our beer and don't want to spend $25, there is an easy way!

First gather together:

1x Sharp scissors

1x Cigarette lighter

1x Table 

1x Big book

1x Piece of swiss voile fabric ( Spotlight stores for $10ish a square meter)

Then:

1/ Roughly cut out a piece of fabric twice the size of the bag you want.

2/ Fold the piece in half with the un-cut edge of the fabric at the opening end of the bag.

3/Place the folded piece on the edge of the table hanging over the edge by 30mm and place the book on top to hold it flat and still.

4/ Trim the over hanging edge off  20 mm neatly with scissors.

5/ Using the table edge to guide your hand use ciggy lighter to gently melt the edges of the cut fabric together ( make sure they are pressed together tightly and hold the flame NEXT to the edge NOT under it, It might pay to have a practice first.)

6/ Then turn it around and do the same thing with the other cut edge to complete the bag.

We put a ping pong ball in then tie the bag shut with string and drop it straight into the fermenter SWEET AS! Hoppy goodness!

Cheers.