I recently upgraded my equipment and bought a used Keggle from Sabco and a Hop Stopper from Innovative Homebrew Solutions. I first tested the system out with water and it worked great-siphoned all but 2 cups from the Keggle.
I then brewed a 5 gal Kolsch which called for 2 ounces Hops and a teaspoon Irish moss. The siphoning started off fine but then the screen clogged and the siphoning stopped. I had to bail out a gallon or so wort and filter it through a screened funnel into a corboy. After I cleaned the system it again worked perfectly with water.
I emailed my disappointment to Innovative Solutions. I received a nice email back from Dennis Collins the owner, where he stated that there were instances of screen clogging with a low hop bill rescipe where an immersion cooler or decotation mashing was used. He stated that the problem is with the large amount of break material that is created with an immersion cooler.
Dennis offered to refund my money including the shipping costs in both directions.
I emailed him that I would stick with the Hop Stopper and try to come up with a solution even if I have to buy a counter flow or plate chiller.
Has anyone who uses a hop stopper with an Immersion chiller had this problem
or was this just klytzy me or does everyone use some other kind of chiller?
I then brewed a 5 gal Kolsch which called for 2 ounces Hops and a teaspoon Irish moss. The siphoning started off fine but then the screen clogged and the siphoning stopped. I had to bail out a gallon or so wort and filter it through a screened funnel into a corboy. After I cleaned the system it again worked perfectly with water.
I emailed my disappointment to Innovative Solutions. I received a nice email back from Dennis Collins the owner, where he stated that there were instances of screen clogging with a low hop bill rescipe where an immersion cooler or decotation mashing was used. He stated that the problem is with the large amount of break material that is created with an immersion cooler.
Dennis offered to refund my money including the shipping costs in both directions.
I emailed him that I would stick with the Hop Stopper and try to come up with a solution even if I have to buy a counter flow or plate chiller.
Has anyone who uses a hop stopper with an Immersion chiller had this problem
or was this just klytzy me or does everyone use some other kind of chiller?