Hi all,
The longest lasting reoccurring issue in my brew day is handling all the god-damn hop goop formed during boil and dry-hopping. It really takes a huge chunk of my beer!
I'm a bit of a hop head, and like to make APAs and IPAs with a ton of hops. Yesterday I made a APA with 6 oz of hops in the boil, and we're going to dry hop on 6 more oz. Our sediment layer is a good 2 inches thick in the carboy. I filter the trub through a screen and a hop bag and still ended up with this much.
It clogs all filters and makes transferring to the carboy a living hell every time we do it.
What are your techniques? I can't imagine everyone is pausing to shake out a clogged paint strainer every 2 minutes like I am...
The longest lasting reoccurring issue in my brew day is handling all the god-damn hop goop formed during boil and dry-hopping. It really takes a huge chunk of my beer!
I'm a bit of a hop head, and like to make APAs and IPAs with a ton of hops. Yesterday I made a APA with 6 oz of hops in the boil, and we're going to dry hop on 6 more oz. Our sediment layer is a good 2 inches thick in the carboy. I filter the trub through a screen and a hop bag and still ended up with this much.
It clogs all filters and makes transferring to the carboy a living hell every time we do it.
What are your techniques? I can't imagine everyone is pausing to shake out a clogged paint strainer every 2 minutes like I am...