cfonnes said:Very seldom do I use whole hops, when I do I leave the hop bags in until I remove the cooler and drain the wort.
I do not use a hop bag with pellet hops, I just leave most of them in through fermentation.
I'm using hop pellets.
So you suggest leave them in the whole time?
GrogNerd said:my suggestion would be to take the hop bags out before chilling but wait until your wort is cooled down to strain it, if you're going to strain it at all.
some do, some don't. it's a personal preference. I just dump everything into the fermenter
So wait a second.
We plan on straining but when you say you dump everything into the fermenter are you saying you strain those bags. Then rack the wort into the fermenter, put those hop bags into the fermenter and then pitch your yeast?
GrogNerd said:I don't use bags, I just toss the pellets into the wort, then all that goes into the fermenter
If I were using bags, after they're drained/squeezed, I would throw them away. the reason for using them would be to keep the hops out of the fermenter
in my case, that's not a priority. for some, it is. you just need more practice to determine which you prefer
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