30Bones
Well-Known Member
I use pellet hops in my keggle with a side outlet. My immersion chiller has a whirlpool arm on it as well. I have tried letting it whirlpool for 15-20 after cooled, even let it sit another 15-20 before transferring to my fermenter and still pick up a ton of hops. FWIW the whirlpool does not appear to be whirlpooling a whole lot either. Granted we are talking 6-11 gallons of fluid to pump around. I run it as my whirlpool arm as the in and the lower pickup as my out if that makes sense.
I tried a DIY hop spyder but didn't like it because I have to remove it to insert the immersion chiller and it gets in the way of the whirlpooling. Otherwise I would get a stainless hop spider and call it good.
I have not heard great things about hop stoppers, so I am not really in the market to try one.
I tried zip tying a 1 gallon paint strainer bag to the outlet hose and even that was a mess and super slow process even with the pump valve throttled way back. That was a 10 gallon batch with only 3.5 oz of hops!
Pics of my keggle, I have never used the top fitting since my chiller has a whirlpool that sits into the wort better.
I tried a DIY hop spyder but didn't like it because I have to remove it to insert the immersion chiller and it gets in the way of the whirlpooling. Otherwise I would get a stainless hop spider and call it good.
I have not heard great things about hop stoppers, so I am not really in the market to try one.
I tried zip tying a 1 gallon paint strainer bag to the outlet hose and even that was a mess and super slow process even with the pump valve throttled way back. That was a 10 gallon batch with only 3.5 oz of hops!
Pics of my keggle, I have never used the top fitting since my chiller has a whirlpool that sits into the wort better.