Hops filtering post chill...

[Tim Bulin]

Ordered a hops basket today. I'll try it out next time I brew.

 

[Hawkbox]

I personally didn't like them, the water and hops didn't flow well and I felt I got bad extraction from the hops in it. But that might have just been in my head.

 

[Tim Bulin]

I personally didn't like them, the water and hops didn't flow well and I felt I got bad extraction from the hops in it. But that might have just been in my head.

Ordered the Grainfather/Mangrove Jacks one, it's extra coarse(800 micron)...sense I usually use either whole hops or a combination of whole and pellet, I figure it will catch the big chunks and keep the pump running good for whirlpool. The rest can go into the fermenter and I'll let'er go.

 

[Hawkbox]

I don't know what mine was, but it was pretty fine which might have been my issue.

 

[Tim Bulin]

Got my 800 micron spider, used it yesterday for Blonde on Blonde which has .6 ounce of Cluster(whole) at 60 and 1 ounce Sterling(pellet) at 10. I also pumped my wort into the spider at the bottom of the kettle from the tun. Just to see how it all worked I lined the Speidel with a brew bag for a post filter. Had MAYBE a 1/2 cup of sediment in the kettle after it was drained and another in the brew bag when I pulled it out. I'd say that's a successful solution.

Not sure hop it's going to affect hop efficiency, but everything seemed to flow without much of any restriction.

 

[Hawkbox]

Nice. Hopefully it works a treat for you.

 

[Mark Farrall]

wrong thread...

 

[Kenny.brews]

i just use a kitchen sieve to get the bigger bits. dont even have to sanitize as i no chill. apart from that i just dump it in