berndawg84
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So I brewed a Saison recently and used a hop bag to minimize trub. At the end of the boil I lifted up the hop bag and let it drain into the kettle. I do BIAB, so I have a squeeze the bag mentality. I wanted to get as much wort as I could. I squeezed the bag once and got some wort out - nice! I squeezed it again and then just got green hop juice. Since I'm doing a Saison, which is lower IBU, I wonder know if I've gotten lots of astringent/bitter liquid into my fermenter now? Since it was "hop Juice" and not trub, there's no way I can filter it out. Just wondering if people have done this before, or is this a DWHAHB kind of situation? I'm thinking for next time though that I'll just let the hop bag drain and not squeeze it at all.
On an unrelated note...I don't have a hop spider or fancier setup. I just use a binder clip to attach the bag to the side of the kettle and let it "float around" in the kettle during the boil. Does this work OK, or should I be doing a different setup?
On an unrelated note...I don't have a hop spider or fancier setup. I just use a binder clip to attach the bag to the side of the kettle and let it "float around" in the kettle during the boil. Does this work OK, or should I be doing a different setup?