15 Oct
2001
15 Oct
'01
12:24 p.m.
Rick Oftel writes:
I prefer using whole cone hops since I boil with a false bottom and
use the hops as a filter helper. My last batch was an English style
and I just hate buying a pounds of leaf hops to only use a few ounces.
My wife also has strong opinions about hop storage in the kitchen
freezer!
All hops used were pellets and I wanted to keep them out of the
fermenters.
Using the outlet pump, the bitter wort was recirculated back into the
kettle and through a modified SS siphon tube. The tube caused a nice
vortex which developed a large pile of hops in the center.
After a few minutes, energized the counterflow system and almost all
hop residue remained in the kettle. Only about 3 quarts of bitter
wort was wasted.
Guess I still like the big cones but may need to consider the storage
capabilities and varieties of pellet hops.
Always something brewing
Like Rick, I use a false bottom in the kettle to filter the wort.
Yesterday's batch was a little overboard on the whole hops. I was
using 5.2% Willamette in a barley wine - 1.3 pounds of whole hops makes
a real big filter bed in the kettle. I think I lost around a gallon of
wort to the wet hops left behind in the kettle.
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Steve Piatz