Blichmann Hop Rocket

[Batz]

Bett-A-Brew is the name.No.1/12 Tonga place.Off Olsen Avenue,Arundel.
He'll talk the leg off an iron pot if you let him.

He did and I was ringing from Northwest WA, my ears were bleeding :lol:

batz

 

[jkmeldrum]

Yep same here....he could talk the legs off a chair!

I rang to ask about Boilerpots and I reckon I was on the phone for half an hour....and I wasn't doing much talking....haha...nice chap though!

 

[skb]

An old post but I was interested does anyone have experience with these, or just good brewing knowledge on the following :

1) I use an immersion chiller so the wort is cooled in the kettle
2) Can I pass the "chilled" wort through the Hoprocket instead of "0 min" hops ... or will it failed becaused it is chilled..

I was racking my beginner brewing brain and could not work out the effect ?

 

[Spiesy]

It's my understanding that the best way to use one of these is kettle > HopRocket > chiller > fermenter.

With the wort being hot you will get better extraction of the hop oils, you then chill (I.e. with a plate chiller) to lock the aroma and flavour in.

 

[4KingAle]

Fyi..... Cheeky peak also stock blichmann gear good prices too however first experience say postage is quite slow.

 

[neal32]

An old post but I was interested does anyone have experience with these, or just good brewing knowledge on the following :

1) I use an immersion chiller so the wort is cooled in the kettle
2) Can I pass the "chilled" wort through the Hoprocket instead of "0 min" hops ... or will it failed becaused it is chilled..

I was racking my beginner brewing brain and could not work out the effect ?

You can do it but it won't extract any/very little of anything due to the wort being cold. It would be a waste of the HopRocket, but it is an effective filter, no doubt.

I use mine (when I use it) before my CCFC therefore getting all the benefits.

You can get a similar (I would argue better) hop flavour/aroma from a 30 minute or longer hopstand. I sometimes do both and would do it every apa/ipa/insert hoppystylehere but I'm limited by the choice of flowers.

 

[peas_and_corn]

If you're going to put cold wort through the rocket you might as well pump cold beer through it, use it as a randall

 

[skb]

thanks guys I had not heard of a hop stand before and have done a little reading I think I might give it a go. neal32 from reading I need to experiment a bit to ensure consistency but I do like the idea.

I have a immersion chiller sadly so unless I recirculate through the hoprocket it will not work, I guess this is possible .. anybody done that before ?

Peas_and_corn your comments confirm my doubt on doing this and I have only tried beer once that went through a Randall and really did not like it, was grassy if that was the term.

 

[peas_and_corn]

Eh, what a randalled beer tastes like really depends on the hop you use. B saaz tastes horrible IMO, but the more aromatic hops like NS and Galaxy are awesome and don't have overwhelming grassy notes. Plus a lot of pubs leave the hops in for far too many pints and it ends up losing all hop aroma and leaving pretty poor results. It's a matter of experimenting. You also don't have to use hops, I've crammed mine with mixed berries and it is really nice.

 

[skb]

It was SaaZ that I had and it was terrible, Galaxy is interesting as there is something about the smell that I just love. Also the mixed berries is an interesting one... you have me intrigued, something else to go on the "must try" list.