twd000
Well-Known Member
I've been boiling in my keggle and realize that I waste a lot of good wort on hoppy beers. I have a port but I have been using a racking cane, trying to leave behind most of the trub. It's usually not much, but on hoppy beers I'm leaving 1.5-2 gallons behind.
I ferment in corny kegs, so I was looking for a fine-mesh filter that would fit inside the lid opening of a corny keg. Then I could runoff sludgy wort from the bottom port into the mesh basket so it catches most of the hops. Then I can pull out the basket and leave mostly clear wort behind.
Has anyone tried this?
Are their any of those stainless hop spiders that fit inside a corny keg?
I'm thinking 3" diameter by 12-18" would give a good filter area so it doesn't get clogged. 300 or 400 micron mesh size? I don't need to filet out all the trub, just a significant portion so I don't leave 4" of hop sludge on the bottom of my fermenting keg
I ferment in corny kegs, so I was looking for a fine-mesh filter that would fit inside the lid opening of a corny keg. Then I could runoff sludgy wort from the bottom port into the mesh basket so it catches most of the hops. Then I can pull out the basket and leave mostly clear wort behind.
Has anyone tried this?
Are their any of those stainless hop spiders that fit inside a corny keg?
I'm thinking 3" diameter by 12-18" would give a good filter area so it doesn't get clogged. 300 or 400 micron mesh size? I don't need to filet out all the trub, just a significant portion so I don't leave 4" of hop sludge on the bottom of my fermenting keg