Brew in process, had an oops.. HELP!

CraigH78 · Oct 17, 2010

Ok started my 60 min boil with the bittering hops in a muslin bag.. 30 min into it the bag appears to have opened somehow and naturally is empty.. What should i do to get the hop pellets out? I dont have any screens or anything to try and filter it..

CraigH78 · Oct 17, 2010

Strange.. the bag is still tied, just empty.. Looks like all the hops are plastered to the side of the pot on the water line..

bucfanmike · Oct 17, 2010

no worries, they can go right into the fermenter. They will settle with the trub

OHIOSTEVE · Oct 17, 2010

just dump em into the fermentor.. siphon off of them when you go to secondary or bottle.. no issues.

kgfitz · Oct 17, 2010

you can whirlpool the wort and it sit for 30 min then drain from the side of the kettle and leave most of the hop mess in the kettle. that is what i do

Revvy · Oct 17, 2010

I stopped using hopsacks after batch # 3 or 4, now I just dump everything in.

(BTW, the reason that your tied hopsack is empty is because all hops originally planted by Harry Houdini, so can get out of tight sealed spaces. Or maybe because the pellets broke down and dissolved and the mush went through the netting.)

CraigH78 · Oct 17, 2010

Sweet. Thanks!

sportscrazed2 · Oct 17, 2010

i just dump the hops in anyway won't hurt anything

Banjoman76 · Oct 17, 2010

Basically, ... RDWHAHB :mug:

CraigH78 · Oct 17, 2010

BeerJorge · Oct 18, 2010

Revvy said:
(BTW, the reason that your tied hopsack is empty is because all hops originally planted by Harry Houdini, so can get out of tight sealed spaces. Or maybe because the pellets broke down and dissolved and the mush went through the netting.)

Houdini's fault... no doubt!

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