Hops question

[greenman999]

If I add hop pellets to the boil, after cooking and cooling and pouring into the primary, do I strain those out? Or leave them in for the fermentation process?

 

[diS]

I am not fan of it, instead I am using hop bag to prevent hops to siphon into fermentor.
Also, you can make hop spider or some kind of strainer to keep your hops in BK.

 

[Pappers_]

I leave debris, including hops, in the boil kettle, as much as possible.

 

[discooby]

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I’ve been using a hop bag every time I brew and just last weekend I wondered if there was a difference between using one and not. I mean, if I just put the pellets in, would the hops be more pronounced? It seems like the hops in the bag soak up a lot and just sit at the edge of my kettle… I’m not sure they’re being very proactive.

 

[WoodlandBrew]

I've done the bag and putting them right in the boil kettle. It seems there is better utilization on the kettle, and they fall out in the trub, so I don't see a need for dirtying a bag.

 

[pabloj13]

i've done the bag and putting them right in the boil kettle. It seems there is better utilization on the kettle, and they fall out in the trub, so i don't see a need for dirtying a bag.

+1.

 

[cluckk]

I've never bothered with a bag for hops. I simply throw them into the boil at the appropriate time. When I siphon out of the kettle into the fermenter once I see a lot of hops and other stuff that settled to the bottom going into the siphon hose I stop, leaving as much as possible in the kettle. Some stuff inevitably makes it into the fermenter, but soon settles out. Once the fermentation is done I siphon off of the trub into secondary, leaving as much as possible in the primary. I take great care when siphoning into the bottling bucket to get nothing but clear beer in the hose. I have had no problems from this--haze, cloudiness, off tastes, etc. Even if you use a hops bag you will have to take just as great of care in siphoning to keep from getting the other particulate matter.

 

[Golddiggie]

I use a hop spider to contain the hop matter. Mainly due to also using a plate chiller. I don't want the hop matter to get stuck in there. Whatever is in the kettle (otherwise) goes right into the fermenting vessel.