FATC1TY
Well-Known Member
I'll be honest folks.. I know some like the scientific side, and the whole home made engineering side, but it's really just complicating it to just make it fun I guess.
I have the 300. It clogs, evident by the pictures. I've figured it mostly to be the fact that I get break material stuck to it and it causes problems. My solution was to just put it in after I've had the hot break, or pull it as I start to heat the boil after my mash.
I also FWH pretty much every beer, and mostly with whole leaf. I could just toss them in the kettle if I was concerned with any loss in bittering or flavor while I do the hot break I suppose. Once I have the hot break, and it settles, I then consider that to be my starting point.
The filter does drain, despite being loaded out with say 7-8ounces of hop pellets. The boil isn't bubbling in it, but I haven't seen a noticeable decrease in hop flavor, aroma, or bittering in my beers with the filter.
I've resorted to pulling the filter when I'm done. Putting it in the funnel to drain into a carboy, and then draining my kettle into the carboy through the funnel. I have next to nothing in my carboys other than yeast. To be honest, I don't re use my yeast for the next batch, I might in the future, but currently don't, so it's little concern for me to keep the primary as clean as possible.
Also- trying to dial in a size might not be worthwhile really.. Pellets are ground down at many different places. They might all be different size particles, so it's pretty hard to try and figure it really.
I have the 300. It clogs, evident by the pictures. I've figured it mostly to be the fact that I get break material stuck to it and it causes problems. My solution was to just put it in after I've had the hot break, or pull it as I start to heat the boil after my mash.
I also FWH pretty much every beer, and mostly with whole leaf. I could just toss them in the kettle if I was concerned with any loss in bittering or flavor while I do the hot break I suppose. Once I have the hot break, and it settles, I then consider that to be my starting point.
The filter does drain, despite being loaded out with say 7-8ounces of hop pellets. The boil isn't bubbling in it, but I haven't seen a noticeable decrease in hop flavor, aroma, or bittering in my beers with the filter.
I've resorted to pulling the filter when I'm done. Putting it in the funnel to drain into a carboy, and then draining my kettle into the carboy through the funnel. I have next to nothing in my carboys other than yeast. To be honest, I don't re use my yeast for the next batch, I might in the future, but currently don't, so it's little concern for me to keep the primary as clean as possible.
Also- trying to dial in a size might not be worthwhile really.. Pellets are ground down at many different places. They might all be different size particles, so it's pretty hard to try and figure it really.