straining wort

[jf31276]

on my first batch of home brew i just added my hops to the wort. when i went to chill my wort with the counter flow chiller it got clogged. so i was told via video not to strain the hot wort because it could oxidize the wort. was just wondering if this was true or if i should just use the muslin bags for the hops
or is it ok to strain

 

[Jdk261]

Don't stress. You want oxygen in your beer before it goes into the fermentor. People on here spend lots of time and money on making or buying in-line contraptions to add oxygen to their beer coming out of the chiller. Are you sure the video said to not add oxygen pre fermentation?

 

[jf31276]

it said not to strain HOT wort. i wanted to strain before running through the counter flow chiller

 

[Golddiggie]

Next time bag your hops, or get/make a hop spider to keep the hop matter out of your CFC... I use a stainless steel hop spider to keep the hop matter out of my plate chiller. Does a damned great job of it too. I still need to clean some cold break out of the chiller after a batch goes through it, but that's not that big an issue.