Ok, maybe a really stupid question, but maybe a good one..... Anyone ever "rinse" their hops?
Let me explain. I like to use whole leaf hops in my boil kettle with a false bottom (i just like whole leaf better). But the one major setback for me has always been the fact that the whole leaf retains so much of my wort after i've transferred to the carboy. This time, i only got 3 gallons of wort, but it was killing me knowing there was more in my kettle being held captive in hop leaves. In a stroke of brilliance (or stupidity, depending on the answers you guys give me), I decided that instead of filling my carboy up to 5 gallons with water, why not just pour the water into the kettle over the hop leaves, effectively "rinsing" the hop leaves of my wort (much like batch sparging, but with room temp bottled water and draining immediately). So, the question is.....is this bad for my beer? Did i extract any tannans or produce oxidation? To me, it didn't seem wrong, but I probably don't know enough to make that call.
Please give me your opinion/knowledge. BTW, 7 oz hop leaves.
Let me explain. I like to use whole leaf hops in my boil kettle with a false bottom (i just like whole leaf better). But the one major setback for me has always been the fact that the whole leaf retains so much of my wort after i've transferred to the carboy. This time, i only got 3 gallons of wort, but it was killing me knowing there was more in my kettle being held captive in hop leaves. In a stroke of brilliance (or stupidity, depending on the answers you guys give me), I decided that instead of filling my carboy up to 5 gallons with water, why not just pour the water into the kettle over the hop leaves, effectively "rinsing" the hop leaves of my wort (much like batch sparging, but with room temp bottled water and draining immediately). So, the question is.....is this bad for my beer? Did i extract any tannans or produce oxidation? To me, it didn't seem wrong, but I probably don't know enough to make that call.
Please give me your opinion/knowledge. BTW, 7 oz hop leaves.