So let me wrap my head around this and throw something out there.
Using the folding false nottom with the stopper screen installed Jay said he blocked maybe 85-90% of the pellet hop matter, but did not cool in the kettle, so no large volume of cold break.
That being the case, what are opinions on this? In a kettle being cooled with an immersion whirlpool chiller, use Jays false bottom with the hop screen. Get the fixture to raise the false bottom off the bottom of the brew pot above the pot drain valve. Install one of those home made sewn hop stoppers over the drain dip tube which will be below the false bottom.
The traditional problem with mesh screen hop stoppers has been they will clog with cold braek and any moderate volume of hop pellets. If Jays screen is effective at blocking 85% of the cold break and pellet hops ( I realize Jay did not test with excessive cold break) then the hop stopper beneath the screen should be able to deal with the remaining load that makes it through.
Ideally we need someone who has tested the false bottom with screen and who chills with an IC to let us know how well it stopped a combined load of heavy pellets and cold break.
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