Is there a way to reduce the sediment produced when using hop pellets? Do the hop bags help with it?
I don't think panty hose are food safe. They are not designed to be used with food or to be subjected to hot boiling water. I would be careful. I would bet most panty hose are made in China (especially from Walmart). I can't trust panty hose when it comes to food.
I would use a wire mesh colander (stainless steel) the kind with hooks on the end and a handle on the other. The kind you find at the grocery store or restaurant supply.
You only need the hop oils so you can strain all of the leaf material out. By pouring the wort through a colander you remove grain dust, hop leafs and you also aerate the wort which will make your fermentation start faster.
Forrest
So let me get this straight. Dump all of my hops and everything into the kettle...after cooling, strain using paint strainer into primary? How in the world do you do that if you're using a carboy for the primary?
When using a carboy as my primary, I whirlpool in the kettle (stir vigorously) then let everything settle. The hop sludge and trub will settle in a cone shape in the center of kettle. Siphon from the outside of the kettle and you will greatly reduce the amount of hop sludge and trub that makes it into the carboy.
Off subject but regarding your Vanilla Porter:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/mesh-tea-ball-1-97-a-89371/
Me thinks this will fit the bill; Sounds smaller then what I was hoping for, only good for about 1/2 oz pellets, but 2 at that price is more then do able
I use a 5 gallon paint strainer bag from Lowes . While I didn't make a bracket like Edworts I just clip it to the side with clamp pliers. No fuss no muss and reusable
I've made a batch of beer using pellets for the first time, and I was not prepared for the mountain of trub it has produced. My fermenter has a huge mound of iton the bottom. I guess I should have strained it out before putting it into the primary but I didn't.
It has only been fermenting two days, am I naive to hope it will settle out into a reasonable layer on the bottom? If I only siphon out the beer on top of the sludge, I am looking at losing 1/3 to 1/2 of the brew!
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