I have had trouble with all my brews when transferring to the fermenter with the hops blocking the ball values. The false bottoms I've tried haven't helped, hop bazookas have been more pain than good, so I have ended up using sometimes a jug and pouring through a strainer over the fermenter itself, which although probably gets some air into the wort its a real time waster and ball ache.
What I've just been thinking this week (now coming to think of my next brew day) is to use a grain bag to line the brew kettle when doing the boil to hopefully make my issue go away.
Has anyone tried this before? and do you think as the grain bag will line the kettle it will keep the hops from passing through but allowing full utilisation like not using anything at all. Or losing some hop goodness if I used a Stainless Steel spider.
I will obviously need to be aware and not get the grain bag too close to the bottom of the pan to avoid burning it.
What I've just been thinking this week (now coming to think of my next brew day) is to use a grain bag to line the brew kettle when doing the boil to hopefully make my issue go away.
Has anyone tried this before? and do you think as the grain bag will line the kettle it will keep the hops from passing through but allowing full utilisation like not using anything at all. Or losing some hop goodness if I used a Stainless Steel spider.
I will obviously need to be aware and not get the grain bag too close to the bottom of the pan to avoid burning it.
