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I spigoted up my kettle today and now I'm curious how to keep the hops out of the spigot and hence my carboy. In order to ensure accuracy, every option include 'no pants". My kettle is a simple 7.5 g model.

Try using a mesh bag for your hops. It keeps all the mess in the bag, at the end of the boil just leave it in and drain away. The bag can be lifted out at the end and, WA-LA!! a huge tea bag of hop goodness. I have a clip where i attach the top of the bag to the top of the boil kettle, so I can addd hops with out burning my little fingers, and the bag is long enough that it hangs down into the wort

Sean

I've heard good things about the Hop Stopper, but have never tried one:

http://www.ihomebrewsolutions.com/TheHopStopper.html

I'm probably not the right one to give you advice on this. I don't have a spigot on my pot (and don't really see a need for one right now). I siphon the wort out with my autosyphon with a stainless steel scrubbie slipped over the end. I always use at least an ounce of whole hops in my beers. These hops and the scrubbie work together quite well to filter out hot and cold break, hop pellet residue and any other critters or whatever that may have fallen into the boil.

I would lean towards the use of the bazooka tube though I have heard of clogging problems,especially with pellet hops. Part of that problem, I believe, is the small surface area of the bazooka tube. A similar product that would overcome that problem would be this: http://www.freewebs.com/hothog/index.htm

I have a similar one in my mash tun and I never have problems with it clogging since it has a huge surface area.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

You could try the method mentioned in this thread... http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/phpBB2 ... php?t=2921


I would recommend NOT using a bazooka. Those are intended for use in the mash tun and would do nothing to stop hop pellets from going through the mesh. That is until it clogs at which point nothing will make it through the mesh.

Sven

I use the left over piece of my SS braid from my MLT. Works great for whole hops, not so great for pellets.

I use nothing to strain the hops, I use a 1/2 bbl keg for a kettle and just let things settle out for about 30 minutes before racking into the fermenter. I have thought of getting the paint strainer that Sven is using and giving that a try.

HH

None of the above, I use Greg Muller's method with whirlpooling: