Teufelhunde
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Since I started brewing a couple of years back, I have been fighting the sludge....absolutely hate dealing with it. I have been using bags for all my hops, and that helped a great deal, however, still a good amount of crap to work around and I just felt like I wasn't able to get out of the hops everything that I needed.
Today, used a hop spider. I had purchased a 300 micron unit, fearing that 400 microns would inhibit the flow of the wort through the spider too much. I was please by the flow of wort and definitely noticed more of the hop smells in the steam coming off of the boil, so I am pretty sure I will be getting better utilization of the hops.
I brew/drink nothing but very hoppy IPA's, therefore using a lot of hops, so I will likely add one (maybe two) more spiders as this one was FULL at the end of the boil. As for now, I will still be bagging my dry hops, but this experience has me seriously considering using one of these: Amazon.com: Beer Dry Hopper Filter,300 Micron Mesh Stainless Steel Hop Strainer Cartridge, Homebrew Hops Beer & Tea Kettle Brew Filter by Fashionclubs (29cm x 7cm): Home & Kitchen
This is the spider I used: Amazon.com: Brewing 4x10in Hopper Spider Strainer – Stainless Steel 300 Micron Mesh Homebrew Hops Beer & Tea Kettle Brew Filter: Home & Kitchen
As always YMMV
Lon
Today, used a hop spider. I had purchased a 300 micron unit, fearing that 400 microns would inhibit the flow of the wort through the spider too much. I was please by the flow of wort and definitely noticed more of the hop smells in the steam coming off of the boil, so I am pretty sure I will be getting better utilization of the hops.
I brew/drink nothing but very hoppy IPA's, therefore using a lot of hops, so I will likely add one (maybe two) more spiders as this one was FULL at the end of the boil. As for now, I will still be bagging my dry hops, but this experience has me seriously considering using one of these: Amazon.com: Beer Dry Hopper Filter,300 Micron Mesh Stainless Steel Hop Strainer Cartridge, Homebrew Hops Beer & Tea Kettle Brew Filter by Fashionclubs (29cm x 7cm): Home & Kitchen
This is the spider I used: Amazon.com: Brewing 4x10in Hopper Spider Strainer – Stainless Steel 300 Micron Mesh Homebrew Hops Beer & Tea Kettle Brew Filter: Home & Kitchen
As always YMMV
Lon