Robin54
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I was bottling my latest brew this week and couldn't but help notice the amount of large hop debris going into each bottle. I don't have the facility to cold crash so suspended mater is always a problem with late hop additions. I also always bottle straight from a tap at the bottom of the FV.
So this time I tied a sterilised small fine hop sock (left over from a kit brew) over the tap and ran the beer into a jug, 5 litres at a time and then filled my bottles up.
The upshot of this was I was amazed how much crud the sock caught, and that each bottle had no bits floating around within. I consider this a vast improvement over previous bottling days and the way forward for me at least. Just thought I would share my experience, which may be of use to other forum members.
So this time I tied a sterilised small fine hop sock (left over from a kit brew) over the tap and ran the beer into a jug, 5 litres at a time and then filled my bottles up.
The upshot of this was I was amazed how much crud the sock caught, and that each bottle had no bits floating around within. I consider this a vast improvement over previous bottling days and the way forward for me at least. Just thought I would share my experience, which may be of use to other forum members.