hop spider for the grain?

[zack67360]

Can the specialty grains be steeped in a hop spider instead of a muslin bag when extract brewing? Seems to me one could, just want to know if anyone has done this and if it works well?
Thanks,
zack

 

[Black Island Brewer]

It depends on what your hop spider is made of, and how fine it is, and how big it is - as long as it keeps malt debris out of the wort, and is big enough to let the water get in around all the grains.

 

[zack67360]

The basket will be 6 5/8" diameter made out of 400 micron stainless steel. Here is a link to the one I'm looking at.
http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Hop-Spider-with-seam-welds_p_158.html