hops in primary

[rwabdu]

I used hop pellets when i boiled my malt, and they pretty much disintegrated into the solution. When i put the brew into my primary fermenter i used a sieve to get out as many or the hop particles as i could.

It's been fermenting for 24 hours now there are lots of green hop particulates on top of the foam in the fermenter. The beer gives off a very strong smell that that doesn't really smell like normal beer, I think its the hops.

should i try to take out more of the hop particles? or are they supposed to stay in when you brew with pellets?

Thanks

 

[rwabdu]

Im guessing from related posts that it will be fine, but its the smell that worries me. its almost like a chemical smell.

 

[FromZwolle]

back away from the fermentor. it will end up just fine.

 

[pelipen]

I had the same thing happen in my last batch, due to small batch (2g) and trying to save every last drop. Sucked up a bunch.

It started as green "scum" on the top, then settled down. When the yeast flocculated it compressed everything into a layer under it. Took a 5 days, but it's nice and clear now.

I would just wait.

 

[dcp27]

theres no need to filter the hops out, it'll be fine. I filtered once, got sick of it getting clogged and never did it again. they'll all settle out if you leave it be for a few weeks and add no off-flavors

 

[SteveM]

And unless you are using a carboy and can see what's going on, leave your fermenter alone! Nothing good will come of opening it.

 

[rwabdu]

ok great. i think reading this forum sometimes makes me more nervous about what I'm doing. thanks for the reassurance!

 

[beergolf]

My first beer I just poured everything into to fermenter......

No problem, and the beer actuallly tastes great.

Don't worry about it.

 

[rjwhite41]

The green stuff is hop particles. It's fine. I, however, believe my beer has a more refined flavor if I keep as much of that out as possible.