Pellet and Whole Hops?

[traviswalken]

I have been using pellet hops. I have just let them settle to the bottom of kettle while cooling. I then collect wort through my valve without a pickup tube.

I am now growing hops and will need to change my strategy a bit. I will probably brew with both pellets and whole hops at times.

Here is what I plan to do:

1. Put pellet hops in a hop spider
2. Put whole hops loose in the kettle
3. Add a bazooka screen to my kettle to filter the whole hops

Do any of you deal with hops this way? Does this make sense.

Thanks

 

[Indian_villager]

The bazooka screen on my kettle gets clogged up with the break material.

But if it works for you it sounds like a viable option, but I'm curious as to how much liquid you leave behind.

 

[traviswalken]

The bazooka screen on my kettle gets clogged up with the break material.

But if it works for you it sounds like a viable option, but I'm curious as to how much liquid you leave behind.

I probably leave behind about a gallon or more of hop debris, cold break, and wort. I don't like the idea of cold break clogging the bazooka tube, so I will probably just put all the hops in the spider.

 

[Yooper]

1. Put pellet hops in a hop spider
2. Put whole hops loose in the kettle
3. Add a bazooka screen to my kettle to filter the whole hops

Do any of you deal with hops this way? Does this make sense.

Thanks

That's what I do when I have a ton of whole hops and less pellet hops. Or, if I have more pellet hops, I'll bag the leaf (whole) hops and leave the pellet hops free and skip the bazooka tube. It really depends on the hops I have on hand and how many ounces of each I'm using.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

I have a dip tube on my keggle that I slip a true SS scrubby under (Amazon has three packs for like $10). If I use leaf hops...no problems and the leaf hops act as an additional filter. If I use a lot of pellet hops, I have an occasional clog that can be blown out with a turkey baster but the flow is still severely restricted (10 minutes per 5 gallons).

 

[tooldudetool]

Use a fine mesh hop bag. I use them for both pellet and leaf hops and it keeps all the junk contained, but lets the hoppy goodness out... I suppose your hop spider will accomplish the same result.