Recent content by jmassey9

Thanks man. I think I'll just resist the urge to touch it and hopefully it drains as I'm transferring to the fermenter.

No to both.... Like i said the whole spider becomes clogged with little to no hops....

This issue is that proteins are clogging the hop spider to where the wort is neither boiling or circulating in/out of the hop spider. Equates to loss in utilization and annoyance. Plus you need to remove it to whirlpool.... And when you remove it, it takes 5-10 minutes of hot wort...

Any other thoughts? Again my big problem is that the hop spider clogs when I pull it out. I also notice that even with a .5 ounce addition that the inside of the hop spider stops boiling and recirculating and only measures 209 during the boil. So obviously it appears that it's being clogged...

Any other thoughts? Again my big problem is that the hop spider clogs when I pull it out. I also notice that even with a .5 ounce addition that the inside of the hop spider stops boiling and recirculating and only measures 209 during the boil. So obviously it appears that it's being clogged...

Any other thoughts? Again my big problem is that the hop spider clogs when I pull it out. I also notice that even with a .5 ounce addition that the inside of the hop spider stops boiling and recirculating and only measures 209 during the boil. So obviously it appears that it's being clogged...

So this is the interesting part. -put spider into wort with 30 minutes left. -added .5 oz at 15 minutes left. -pulled spider out at knockout and it would not drain, clogged. -cleaned and put back in with 1.5 ounces and started recirculating into spider. Clogged pretty quick and started...

No. Since using hop spider I get virtually no trub and no clogs in chiller. It's only the hop spider that I'm having issues with now.

That sounds like my issue. Obviously I only see or experience the hop spider clog when I try to pull the hop spider out. So you're saying that will happen every time? How do you hold it up fpr5-10 minutes while it drains??

Well... I've unfortunately already invested in plate setup and a CFC setup doesn't exactly look cheap. So are you saying with a CFC, there is generally no problem of clogging with pellet hops? In that case do you just end up with hops in your fermenter and/or try to leave most in BK via...

^^^^^^^YES. I'll go back to the old method of free hops (FREE THE HOPS!), both in boil, whirlpool, hopstand, etc, then before I run through the chiller I'll just recirculate through march pump and into the hop spider. It may still get clogged but it will be much less liquid and should be easier...

Please!

Hello all. Got a pump/chiller setup a while back and before too long the chiller started getting clogged on high hop volume batches. So I bought a 6x10 stainless 300micron hop spider. First batch had clogging issues, pulled out of wort and the hop spider just held the wort(clogged), had to...

Hello all. I got a pump/chiller setup a while back and before too long the chiller started getting clogged on high hop volume batches. So I bought a 6x10 stainless 300micron hop spider. First batch had clogging issues. I would pull it out of the wort and the hop spider just held the...

Hello all. Got a pump/chiller setup a while back and before too long the chiller started getting clogged on high hop volume batches. So I bought a 6x10 stainless 300micron hop spider. First batch had clogging issues, pulled out of wort and the hop spider just held the wort(clogged), had to...