DIY Hop Filter Video

[Bobby_M]

I guess it's just a little jerky to mention the error @ 7:22 even though the annotated correction text pops up at the exact moment I say 12 in^2.

 

[kkohlm]

Sorry Bobby, didn't see the on screen correction. Guess I wasn't paying attention

 

[slakwhere]

has anyone tried this with an IC? i wonder how it handles cold break...

 

[Bobby_M]

Cold break is evil. Any screen is going to choke on it but then the whole point of this screen is to prefilter wort for external chillers. I wouldn't worry about cold break getting into the fermenter.

 

[slakwhere]

thanks, bobby.

 

[BrewMoreBeers]

how much better does this work than the Chore Boy that I use as a filter? I just did a batch last weekend with 4 oz of pellets and the Chore Boy filtered almost everything out. I run a 100% gravity system through a plate chiller.

The Chore Boy was caked with hops when i was done.

 

[klyph]

I'll bet you do an amazing Jeff Goldblum impression.

 

[WC87]

7 oz of pellet hops and 1 oz of leaf hops combined with IC cold break just might tax this screen to the limit.

However, with a sanitized mash paddle and a lot of care I was able to extract all but a couple of quarts of usable wort. I figured I would have issues so I adjusted my recipe to account for a boil of 12.5 gals to still leave me with at least 10 gals of wort after boil-off and what I figured to leave behind in the kettle.

Thanks Bobby, good idea and excellent video!

 

[Flomaster]

Bobby is this your preferred method of dip tube / screen you are currently using on your bk

I am still trying to figure out what method I want to go with for my BK.

I have yet to build anything, but i do have 12" of 1/2" soft copper and a 1/2" brass compression fitting.

I only want to build some one once and be done with it, but I have read and seen several option that are a couple years old and wonder if people are still using them or have upgraded to some thing better.

-=Jason=-

 

[Bobby_M]

When I had a plate chiller, I wouldn't use it without a filter like this. I've since swapped over to an immersion chiller just to play around with it and I have since sold the hop filter since it's not critical to filter in that case. I'm still on the fence about going back to a plate chiller but if I do, I'd build something very similar only with a more flat profile similar to the real deal hopstopper.

 

[oregonparamedic]

How about a ss strainer? Cut the handle off, drill a hole for the tube and add a clamp to hold it down with the tube. You could always add mesh to the bottom if hops were sneaking around the base.

 

[Bobby_M]

You mean a common kitchen bowl style strainer? I guess I just never seen one with a fine enough mesh. If I had to guess, the mesh size is commonly about 12 x 12 or 12 holes per inch. It would be dandy for whole hops. The trick would be making a hole that doesn't completely unravel, perhaps by trying to reweave the cut ends back into the mesh.

 

[oregonparamedic]

I was thinking something like this. http://www.rosesequipment.com/default.asp?pg=products&specific=jnjnkqcmc
A little more Madonna. I see your point about the frayed mesh though.