Filtering the beer?

[MrDick]

I made a recipe that called for cascade hop pellets. Of course they dissolved when I was making the wort. Should I try filtering a lot of the clumps of hops after fermentation and before bottling? or do I run the risk of also filtering much of the yeast so I will have a flat beer when bottled?

Thanks for any input

 

[Daybis]

I wouldn't bother filtering your beer. The hops should have settled on the bottom along with the majority of the yeast. You should have more than enough yeast in suspension for bottling.

 

[Airplanedoc]

they should fall out to the bottom of your fermentation bucket

 

[MrDick]

Thanks,
I just bottled my first batch and when siphoning from fermentation bucket to bottling bucket a significant amount of hops were siphoned with the beer although much was settled to the bottom. Is this normal?

 

[Daybis]

It's normal. next time try to keep the siphon further away from the bottom. If you are moving your fermenter before you transferring, let it sit a few hours before you transfer your beer out of it. Even then, you should have nothing to worry about. When I brew my pale ales or IPAs, I always dry hop, and no matter what I tend to get hops in my beers. I keg and usually the first few pints will have hop floaters in them. They are normal and won't hurt anything.