Hops in fermenter?

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Ok I brewed a batch of Irish Ale and I noticed a whole bunch of left over hops but I thought It was fine. Does it hurt the beer and can I get it out? I mean they'll sink during fermentation right and I'll leave them behind with the yeast cake right?

SnallygasterBrewery · Apr 28, 2011

Yep. Ideally you'd like to separate the trub for fermentation, but don't fret it. Everything'll be peachy. Just think of it as extra assurance towards staving off bacterial infection, I guess. No harm, though.

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Ok thanks I was worried and next time I'll siphon instead of dumping the whole bucket.

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Ok thanks I was worried and next time I'll siphon instead of dumping the whole bucket.

I don't siphon. I have a counterflow chiller, so it goes through the pump into the fermenter. My beers have been ok so far, with over 300 batches under my belt. Literally and figuratively!

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
I don't siphon. I have a counterflow chiller, so it goes through the pump into the fermenter. My beers have been ok so far, with over 300 batches under my belt. Literally and figuratively!

Haha with 300 under you belt they've just ok? You should be a master. This was only my second. I'm a noob but we all start as noobs.

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Haha with 300 under you belt they've just ok? You should be a master. This was only my second. I'm a noob but we all start as noobs.

Well, they are pretty good actually. Better than most commercial offerings out there. No off flavors or anything like that from not straining the wort.

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
Well, they are pretty good actually. Better than most commercial offerings out there. No off flavors or anything like that from not straining the wort.

Haha go figures anyone can make a beer better than commercial brews I now feel sorry for people that drink them. And ya I over worry sometimes.

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Not trying to insult you by saying anyone can make beers better than most commercial beers.

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Not trying to insult you by saying anyone can make beers better than most commercial beers.

hahaha!

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
hahaha!

Ya after I posted it I was like oh **** I just kinda insulted him.

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Ya after I posted it I was like oh **** I just kinda insulted him.

It gets worse................I'm not a "him", I'm a girl!

jspence1 · Apr 28, 2011

LMAO this is EPIC, I can't wait for the next post!

Chefencore · Apr 28, 2011

Haha! Kokopuff- I would disregard any future advice from Yooper, she might steer ya wrong intentionally!! (just kidding yooper, I don't think you would ever hurt a beer)

Boleslaus · Apr 28, 2011

Haha that exchange was priceless.

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

jspence1 said:
LMAO this is EPIC, I can't wait for the next post!

Hahaha I know it's like one of those cheesy soap operas.

mrduna01 · Apr 28, 2011

Get the F out! Yoop is a girl!?!? Lol

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

mrduna01 said:
Get the F out! Yoop is a girl!?!? Lol

I didn't know that lol

I saw that hockey picture and I didn't figure you never know on forums I could be a 82yr old child melester

humann_brewing · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
I don't siphon. I have a counterflow chiller, so it goes through the pump into the fermenter. My beers have been ok so far, with over 300 batches under my belt. Literally and figuratively!

very funny yoop I doubt that though.

in regards to hops in the primary, no troubles, hops love beer it is a match made in Yakima

Chefencore · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
you never know on forums I could be a 82yr old child melester

Some truth to every lie, huh? Just kidding (but that would make a priceless sig.)

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
I didn't know that lol I saw that hockey picture and I didn't figure you never know on forums I could be a 82yr old child melester

Well, I do play hockey. I'm a defenseman, er, defensewoman.

I'm also a petite middle aged grandmother. Kinda weird, huh?

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
Well, I do play hockey. I'm a defenseman, er, defensewoman.

I'm also a petite middle aged grandmother. Kinda weird, huh?

Coolest grandma ever!!! I bet you get all the hunks.

CHefJohnboyardee · Apr 28, 2011

Yooper said:
Well, I do play hockey. I'm a defenseman, er, defensewoman.

I'm also a petite middle aged grandmother. Kinda weird, huh?

Nothing is surprising when talking about someone from the UP. You have to be crazy to live up there (and I'm from South Dakota!)

brewmonk · Apr 28, 2011

i used to not worry about gunk in my fermenter, but a whole week of sitting on vegetation has, on occasion, let loose a this vegetative (spinachy??) over-twang of rancid-iosity, that I concluded was a lack of vigilance on my part, in allowing too much hops to get digested by the more acidic wort-plus-alcohol..... ymmv.

if you understood that, I bet you are not unfamiliar with Milton's poem ......

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

brewmonk said:
i used to not worry about gunk in my fermenter, but a whole week of sitting on vegetation has, on occasion, let loose a this vegetative (spinachy??) over-twang of rancid-iosity, that I concluded was a lack of vigilance on my part, in allowing too much hops to get digested by the more acidic wort-plus-alcohol..... ymmv.

if you understood that, I bet you are not unfamiliar with Milton's poem ......

Now I'm worried again. How long does that take I was going to rack to primary in aprox 3 weeks should I go sooner?

Gremlyn · Apr 28, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Now I'm worried again. How long does that take I was going to rack to primary in aprox 3 weeks should I go sooner?

Unworry yourself again, it'll be just fine.

Kokopuff829 · Apr 28, 2011

Gremlyn1 said:
Unworry yourself again, it'll be just fine.

Ok I like your Brewery's logo.

jtakacs · Apr 28, 2011

Settle down dude... the beer is fine. Lol..

And the most disturbing yooper fact is that she's a hippie. Everything else is forgiveable. Even the being a chick part.

Yooper · Apr 28, 2011

jtakacs said:
Settle down dude... the beer is fine. Lol..

And the most disturbing yooper fact is that she's a hippie. Everything else is forgiveable. Even the being a chick part.

What is the world coming to when a Californian calls a Yooper a hippie?!?!

brewmonk · Apr 28, 2011

depends. is that a lower yuuper. Or an Upper south-un-Nuck-ish Yuuper.

ChshreCat · May 3, 2011

Yooper said:
Well, I do play hockey. I'm a defenseman, er, defensewoman.

I'm also a petite middle aged grandmother. Kinda weird, huh?

And that picture in her avatar... that's really her too!

Gremlyn · May 3, 2011

Kokopuff829 said:
Ok I like your Brewery's logo.

Thanks

A friend of mine designed the Gremlyn for me a while back for a business I used to run.

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