scoundrel
Well-Known Member
Currently, I use a paint straining bag over my fermenter bucket for removing the hop sludge from the boil. I like this approach since I partial boil, I can remove the hops from my wort and then I can bring the volume up to 5 gallons easily with the gallon marks on the bucket. I've done this 10+ times and it works great. The problem is waiting for all of the wort to strain out of the bag.
I noticed a 13" splatter screen at the my local grocery store and thought that I could simply put this over the bucket and slowly pour the wort through the screen. It looked very durable and the holes were similar or slightly larger than a door screen. I suspect whichever part of the screen I'm pouring the wort over will eventually clog with hops but then I could just move the wort stream to another part of the screen.
It seems like this might work. Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts?
Thanks!
I noticed a 13" splatter screen at the my local grocery store and thought that I could simply put this over the bucket and slowly pour the wort through the screen. It looked very durable and the holes were similar or slightly larger than a door screen. I suspect whichever part of the screen I'm pouring the wort over will eventually clog with hops but then I could just move the wort stream to another part of the screen.
It seems like this might work. Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts?
Thanks!