Question about boiling hops.

[ME_Brewski]

So I will be brewing my second batch this weekend and it will be the first time steeping/boiling hops. (First batch was a pre-hopped Mr.Beer extract kit.) I know that steeping specialty grains require a mesh bag. My recipe requires 15 minute hops, 5 minute hops, hops at flameout, and a dry hop 7 days into primary.

My question is, which of these hop additions should be in a bag and which should just be thrown in. And when should they be taken out?

 

[freisste]

I never use a bag and I don't take them out. Could you? Sure. Necessary? No.

 

[ME_Brewski]

Okay, so it is perfectly fine just throwing them in the wort at each stage of hop addition?

 

[gcdowd]

Yes, that's what I do too. Just toss them in, it's fine. Some people strain the hops from the boil into the fermenter, but I just toss everything in the fermenter as well. No worries

 

[ME_Brewski]

Awesome, thanks guys!