bendavanza
Well-Known Member
Reading many hop stopping threads here, and seeing the official "hop stopper" The Hop Stopper I was intrigued about using one, but I did not have the $60 to spend on it. I read Bobby M's website Equipment about using a 60x40 mesh screen, and that he bought 30x30 but had not tried it. I bought some 30x30 screen and pulled some wire from the sides, used a pot lid to trace the circle and threaded it around. You want some really good needle nose pliers to get the threading tight. The 30x30 mesh is a lot stiffer then I thought it would be. It looks to be slightly looser than a hop sock, but the socks expand so I don't know what the equivalent would be. Anyway, here is what it looks like but I don't plan to brew for a few weeks. My kegerator died and I have too much beer already brewed/kegged for my storage at the moment (soon to be fixed)