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Hops utilization is one of the things I've been focused on improving in my brew process.
I used to use those little "hops balls", that said they could hold an ounce of hops. Yeah, they can hold an ounce of hops, but barely any wort gets into the wad of hops to utilize the hops, so that didn't work very well at all.
Now I'm using those nylon "muslin" bags, which seem to work well, but are a pain in the butt to clean and get stained and nasty. Plus, I have to keep 3 or 4 of them on hand for those brews that have multiple phases of hops additions.
Now I'm thinking about trying something different. I'm thinking about just putting the hops directly into the boil at the right time and having one of those "bazooka" screens in place to filter the hops to keep them from going into the fermenter.
Does anybody see any pitfalls to this idea? Comments please.
Hops utilization is one of the things I've been focused on improving in my brew process.
I used to use those little "hops balls", that said they could hold an ounce of hops. Yeah, they can hold an ounce of hops, but barely any wort gets into the wad of hops to utilize the hops, so that didn't work very well at all.
Now I'm using those nylon "muslin" bags, which seem to work well, but are a pain in the butt to clean and get stained and nasty. Plus, I have to keep 3 or 4 of them on hand for those brews that have multiple phases of hops additions.
Now I'm thinking about trying something different. I'm thinking about just putting the hops directly into the boil at the right time and having one of those "bazooka" screens in place to filter the hops to keep them from going into the fermenter.
Does anybody see any pitfalls to this idea? Comments please.