My first attempt at brewing an IPA

[lolcats]

that's a 12 oz hopstand love it

gotta try that on my next batch, but i can't keep my wort warm enough for a 30 min hopstand, do you keep the lid on?

 

[m00ps]

yeah I put the lid on about 3 min before flameout so the steam sanitizes the lid. The wort cools to about 170-190 in 30min and then I add the next hop addition. For a smaller batch maybe you could turn the flame on the lowest possible setting or swtich it on/off every so often to keep it hot but not boiling.