I've been reading through a LOT of the threads here, especially the DIY section, and am getting gear together for my attempt at AG. I've made a couple of immersion chillers, and today was adding a whirlpool tube, when it struck me...
If I place the whirlpool tube in the middle of the immersion chiller, why couldn't I also place a paint strainer bag inside the inner circle of the immersion chiller (off the bottom of the kettle, of course), put the whirpool tube inside the strainer, put the whole shebang in my brew kettle, and whirlpool during the entire boil, adding my hops into the strainer bag???
I figure that the constant flow of new wort through the bag would help with hop utilization, everything would certainly be sanitized, and most of the hops and break would be contained in the strainer bag, resulting in clearer wort to the fermentor.
Am I overlooking something obvious here???
If I place the whirlpool tube in the middle of the immersion chiller, why couldn't I also place a paint strainer bag inside the inner circle of the immersion chiller (off the bottom of the kettle, of course), put the whirpool tube inside the strainer, put the whole shebang in my brew kettle, and whirlpool during the entire boil, adding my hops into the strainer bag???
I figure that the constant flow of new wort through the bag would help with hop utilization, everything would certainly be sanitized, and most of the hops and break would be contained in the strainer bag, resulting in clearer wort to the fermentor.
Am I overlooking something obvious here???