When you run your whirlpool chiller, do you just let the hops (pellet) flow through your pump? Or do they need to be filtered out? I have been using whole hops & filtering with a screen, but am having trouble with break material plugging it and am looking for another solution. Not hop bags, though, I don't like 'em.
You shouldn't have any problem then. The only time I had trouble clogging with pellets is when I used those plastic disconnects that have the x in the center. Once I drilled them out the pellets flowed through the pump and hoses just fine.
ENJOY YER BEER and let them that don't want none have memories of not havin' any!
I have been having trouble with my brass QDs getting clogged. That's why I am redesigning my RIMs hose connections and changing over to ball valves. But, my last few big problem brews have been Belgians....the peels are clogging.
I tried brewing a Southern Brown Ale with pellets & no screen with no problems at all. I can hardly wait to use up my stash of frozen whole hops & start scrabblin' for pellet hops like every body else.
