bernerbrau
Well-Known Member
OK, it was a bit of a hit to my checking account and I was really nervous about putting a hole in my kettle, but in the end, totally worth it. Seriously, I've never seen wort this clear going from kettle to fermenter. No hop sludge, no hot break, just beautiful, crystal clear wort.
Of course, about halfway through draining the pot it did get clogged (6 oz of pellet hops will do that, unfortunately), so I sanitized a turkey baster and blew some air back in through the tube, and I was flowing again without any further difficulty. All told it took about half the time it would have taken me to siphon the same amount of wort into the fermenter.
Never again will I have to worry about stray hop particles in the keg, or having to toss a perfectly good yeast cake because it's full of stale hops that won't separate out.
Anyone on the fence about getting one of these installed on your boil kettle, do it. Do it now.
Of course, about halfway through draining the pot it did get clogged (6 oz of pellet hops will do that, unfortunately), so I sanitized a turkey baster and blew some air back in through the tube, and I was flowing again without any further difficulty. All told it took about half the time it would have taken me to siphon the same amount of wort into the fermenter.
Never again will I have to worry about stray hop particles in the keg, or having to toss a perfectly good yeast cake because it's full of stale hops that won't separate out.
Anyone on the fence about getting one of these installed on your boil kettle, do it. Do it now.