grinding whole-leaf hops prior to use

Do any of you hops home-growers do this? I saw it on some YouTube video - the guy used a coffee grinder to grind up his hops prior to putting in a strainer bag for use in dry-hopping. Seems like a reasonable way to get more exposure. Don't see why it wouldn't work for boiling hops as well.

Thoughts?

 

I haven't tried it and I'm not sure it's necessary. I think the efficiency is good enough with whole cone. Plus, how do you get all the sticky yellow goodness out of the coffee grinder?

 

I dunno - never tried it myself. How do they keep from losing it when they make pellets?

 

I would guess they do lose a bit when making pellets, but since it is a dedicated machine, unlike your coffee grinder, it doesn't really matter.

 

I do this for dry hopping. 91% isopropyl alcohol seems to be the only decent way to dissolve the resin, and is a messy job at that. But a quick crash cool and all the hops settle to the bottom of the fermenter.

 

Could you expound on that? You rinse the bowl of the grinder with the alcohol and pour it into the fermenter?

 

"Isopropyl alcohol and its metabolite, acetone, act as central nervous system (CNS) depressants. Symptoms of isopropyl alcohol poisoning include flushing, headache, dizziness, CNS depression, nausea, vomiting, anesthesia, and coma. Poisoning can occur from ingestion, inhalation, or absorption; therefore, well-ventilated areas and protective gloves are recommended. Around 15 g of isopropyl alcohol can have a toxic effect on a 70 kg human if left untreated"

Yeah, go ahead and do that...

Cheers!

 

I think he is talking about cleaning the coffee grinder with isopropyl alcohol, not adding it to the beer.

 

Ummmm, yep. Not suggesting anyone poison themselves.

I've never had so much stick to the inside of the grinder that it justified trying to reclaim it. So I just wipe it with isopropyl, then let dry

 

BTW, so does ethyl alcohol. Just sayin

 

Uh, yeah, ok.

As you cut out all the really really really bad stuff that applies to Iso and not Ethyl, cut that part out too and just pretend you're drinking water.

Just sayin'...

Cheers!