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Re: Going commando with Hops

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ScrewyBrewer wrote:I would love to be able to go hop commando, but I'm pretty sure my counter flow chiller would get plugged up. It has already happened to me when using hop sacks when brewing a really hopped up batch of IPA.
I have the JaDed Cyclone CF in my set up, knock on wood, have not plugged up anything, but it is also 1/2" ID copper that the wort runs trough on mine. Last 2 IPAs had 4 and 5 oz hops added.
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Re: Going commando with Hops

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Dawg LB Steve wrote:
ScrewyBrewer wrote:I would love to be able to go hop commando, but I'm pretty sure my counter flow chiller would get plugged up. It has already happened to me when using hop sacks when brewing a really hopped up batch of IPA.
I have the JaDed Cyclone CF in my set up, knock on wood, have not plugged up anything, but it is also 1/2" ID copper that the wort runs trough on mine. Last 2 IPAs had 4 and 5 oz hops added.
I'm using a Chillzilla counter flow chiller Steve but the recipe calls for 15 ounces of kettle hops and that was enough to plug up the chiller. I love the idea of just tossing the hops into the boil but unclogging the chiller when in a rush to get the fermentors filled is just too hard to deal with for me. When I do work up the nerve to try it out it'll be with a recipe that uses no more than 4-6 ounces of hops. Thanks for sharing.
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Always commando unless I'm planning on reusing the yeast.
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I just made a 3G American IPA recipe last weekend that had 4 different hops in it. I guess it would have been a good one to go back to doing the hops commando style, in fact it almost did as the hop bag was tearing & coming apart with all those hops.
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TonyKZ1 wrote:I just made a 3G American IPA recipe last weekend that had 4 different hops in it. I guess it would have been a good one to go back to doing the hops commando style, in fact it almost did as the hop bag was tearing & coming apart with all those hops.
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Gymrat wrote:I go commando then use this

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Anything between brew pot and fermenter needs to be sanitized, but just spray with starsan ... I may try your strainer idea, I've been using sack in the boil.
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Gymrat wrote:I go commando then use this

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+1 on this. I do the same thing.
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Gymrat wrote:I go commando then use this

+1 on this. I do the same thing.

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Re: Going commando with Hops

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Tabasco wrote:
Gymrat wrote:I go commando then use this

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Anything between brew pot and fermenter needs to be sanitized, but just spray with starsan ... I may try your strainer idea, I've been using sack in the boil.
I pour starsan through it to the bucket I am sanitizing to carry my beer downstairs. Then I wipe it all over with a starsan soaked paper towel. I have never had any issues.
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