Hops

[poptart]

I've been just throwing my hops straight into the pot, and it gets a little tedious straining them out. Does anyone else do this or is it ok to use the socks as well to speed the process up?

 

[dawgmatic]

I usually just throw em in, but I like to rack my beers out of the kettle to minimize particles. The average LHBS usually carries several different sizes and types of straining bags. Any of these can be used to make hop tea bags

 

[Kaz]

I just toss the pellets in, I've never worried about straining them out. By the time fermentation is complete, they've all settled out. My beers are always nice and clear.

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[Brew_4iT]

I've found it to be a nuisance as well, my main contention isn't with having particles in the beer when it is done in the primary because most will settle especially if you cold crash. Really because when I retain yeast cakes for future slurries it can be more difficult to layer and seperate the trub from the yeast.

What I do is when I pour off my wort to my primary, I wrap the mesh bag around the bucket (sanitized first of course) and then filter the contents through it. I don't do this with all batches just some that I want to harvest the yeast afterwards.

 

[mikebowman]

I just throw the hops into the kettle, and usually dump the contents of the kettle into the bucket. Hops settle out during fermentation. It's never been an issue for me.