Hop bag...squeeze or no squeeze?

jaydog2314 · Jun 9, 2013

I've been using a hop bag/spider for my brews and I was just wondering if ppl squeeze them when removing or just drip drain? I've been just letting me drip/drain with a little squeeze. I can't imagine if I squeezed it that it would create any ill effects considering people who don't use the bags have all this material and wort in their kettle. Just curious.

beaksnbeer · Jun 9, 2013

I give them a death grip

duboman · Jun 9, 2013

I just let them drip and in reality I'm not all that concerned, there's usually less than a cup of beer in them

stpug · Jun 9, 2013

I'm a squeezer. I wait until they've cooled to <90F and, with a sanitized hand, squeeze all I can get out of them. Although the volume the comes from them can be significant (a quart or more on bit late hopped batches), most times I'm wanting to get that last bit of hop deliciousness for the fermenter

unionrdr · Jun 9, 2013

I pull them out of the boil,put'em in my fine mesh strainer & squeeze with my paddle. Dry hop I don't.

igotsand · Jun 9, 2013

Bust out the GIJoe kung fu grip!
Squeeze!!

hungry4hops · Jun 9, 2013

Squeeze it like it owes you money!

day_trippr · Jun 9, 2013

^ That's the one right there...

Cheers!

Mishraile · Jun 9, 2013

Wow, I thought I had read that it was bad to squeeze and you can get unpleasant flavors from that...must have heard wrong?

unionrdr · Jun 9, 2013

^^You're thinking of the grain bag...

Mishraile · Jun 9, 2013

You are probably correct.

beaksnbeer · Jun 9, 2013

unionrdr said:
^^You're thinking of the grain bag...

Nope squeeze that as well.

jaydog2314 · Jun 9, 2013

Mishraile said:
Wow, I thought I had read that it was bad to squeeze and you can get unpleasant flavors from that...must have heard wrong?

I always that I had heard the same. I'll be squeezing for sure now!

ChefRex · Jun 9, 2013

I have never squeezed but i will give it a try, live and learn, that's why i love this place! :mug:

IamCanadian · Jun 9, 2013

BAD IDEA! Do not squeeze. I just read from Gordon Strongs book "Brewing Better Beer: Master Lesson for Advanced Homebrewers" that it's not good idea at all. It can "horribly oxidize beer" and make it "taste like paper".

beaksnbeer · Jun 9, 2013

Really then why do we oxygenate before pitching yeast?

unionrdr · Jun 9, 2013

I've never gotten paper flavor from squeezin hop sacks,let alone a few squeezes of my grain sack.

beaksnbeer · Jun 9, 2013

Maybe if you squeeze them with your teeth

unionrdr · Jun 9, 2013

Can't bend that far...I don't squeeze the grain sack to hard anyway. Seems to work ok after it's had plenty of time to drain from sparging.

andvari7 · Jun 9, 2013

This is a Wisconsin trick: milk the bags.

Stauffbier · Jun 9, 2013

I squeeze in the kettle and the dry hop bag.

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