noreaster40s
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I've been brewing for a few years now and I've always put my hop additions in a muslin bag. I mostly use pellets but last year grew some of my own hops so have started to use some of those on occasion.
My question is would I get more hops utilization if I didn't put my additions in a muslin bag? I put all additions into the same bag and let it hang into the boil. At intervals I dunk the bag in and out of the boil to get flow though it and let it drain a few seconds before letting it hang again.
I've been thinking about trying a hop blocker from Blichmann and just tossing the pellet hops into the boil. I need a way to keep them from being pumped into my plate chiller I just started using. If there is better hops utilization by tossing them in versus in a muslin bag I'm wondering how much of a difference and would I need to adjust my recipes. Thanks.
My question is would I get more hops utilization if I didn't put my additions in a muslin bag? I put all additions into the same bag and let it hang into the boil. At intervals I dunk the bag in and out of the boil to get flow though it and let it drain a few seconds before letting it hang again.
I've been thinking about trying a hop blocker from Blichmann and just tossing the pellet hops into the boil. I need a way to keep them from being pumped into my plate chiller I just started using. If there is better hops utilization by tossing them in versus in a muslin bag I'm wondering how much of a difference and would I need to adjust my recipes. Thanks.
