Biab hop bag

[ThePonchoKid]

I don't like bagging my hops. After simply tossing in the pellets in to the boil on my first two batches, allowing them in to the primary unfiltered, I now feel like the hop bag is a sloppy and inconsistent method. What bothers me most is the squeezing out the wort from the hop bag when the boil is over. Depending on how long and hard you squeeze could change the flavor imo.

I want more cheap and accessible food grade plastic conicals. These are overkill http://www.minibrew.com/

 

[TopherM]

Build your own stand, and one of these 15 gallon conicals could be yours for $66.99 + Shipping:

http://www.tank-depot.com/product.aspx?id=854

You can make your own trub/yeast collection fitting for the bottom out of PVC for around $20.00. I can't find the thread right now, but it's been done on the DYI forums a few times with this exact conical!

Good luck!!

 

[mikemet]

im sorta confused... you BIAB- discard the grains- and bring to boil- and start your hop additions. Do you believe by chucking them in- vs. putting them in a hop bag is any different? Im not really sure. I will say a full bag of hop goo- doesnt really give off much of a smell or a hoppy aroma....I chuck it- its spent IMO like your grains. Once you BOIL down the oils etc... you have leafy garbage- no need for any extra stuff in my carboys- hopbags are awesome... and that said if I didnt have one- /shrug - let ending world peace bother me more than something like a bag of hops.

I did start throwing my hop bags in my garden. Each time I brew, I dispose of everything in a beer glory hole. Its a small 3 x 3 section in my garden that I keep opening up- and dropping good in- readying them for the spring hop garden that I will be putting in this year.

Oh sorry if im off topic here..

 

[YeastHerder]

Though I haven't done the two methods side by side to compare, my guess is that leaving the hops in might give a little bit of a dry-hopping like effect, especially if you have a big late hop addition, say at 5 or 10 minutes left on the boil.

 

[mikemet]

this is quite interesting -- but I bet some seasoned vets will come in here any minute and say that spent hops are spent- and give nothing but more trub trouble at the end-

not that trub is trouble- but less trub could lead to less trubble de trubbing the trub in your respective tub..