Hop Bags

[Grinnan5150]

I'm trying to clean up some of the mess of my brew day. I have seen several video's where homebrewers are using hop bags. For those of you who use hop bags, what are they exactly? Is there a special product actually called Hop Bags or would a 1 gallon paint strainer work or even a grain sock?

 

[progmac]

my lhbs just calls them mesh bags. you can use them for grain, hops, whatever. there is a small and a large bag, 50 cents and 75 cents. they are not specialty

 

[SouthBay]

Yeah theyre basically muslin bags, similar to the grain bags. Most of the time you can wash and reuse them.

Ive used them for some years now, and like them. I recently built a hop spider, though, and its even better than the individual hop bags!

 

[day_trippr]

There are two types of "hop bags", one suitable for whole leaf, the other best used for pellets. The former is a broad weave using cotton or muslin, the latter is a fine nylon mesh (aka "paint strainer"). Both come in various capacities, and both can be re-used...

Cheers!