Thinking back on the past batches I've recently brewed it dawned on me that I was leaving my hop bags in my wort during the chilling process with my IC.
This lead me to think that my hops are spending too much time in the wort.
If a receipe calls for a 60 min hop addition - should I be removing my hop bags at 60 mins? and the same for the other later hop additions?
The extra time those hops spend in the wort during cooling makes a 60 min hop really more like a 90 or 95 min hop.
Separate note, but somewhat related.. I've seen a few pics in the gallery of boil kettles with a 4" piece of PVC pipe with 4 sticks of All-thread, suspended over the top of the boil. Is there a hop bag on that rig? Is that so the brewer can easily pull their hops out at the end of the boil before cooling?
This lead me to think that my hops are spending too much time in the wort.
If a receipe calls for a 60 min hop addition - should I be removing my hop bags at 60 mins? and the same for the other later hop additions?
The extra time those hops spend in the wort during cooling makes a 60 min hop really more like a 90 or 95 min hop.
Separate note, but somewhat related.. I've seen a few pics in the gallery of boil kettles with a 4" piece of PVC pipe with 4 sticks of All-thread, suspended over the top of the boil. Is there a hop bag on that rig? Is that so the brewer can easily pull their hops out at the end of the boil before cooling?