Dry hopping

[Gigantorus]

Likewise.

There was this one time (not at bandcamp) where I had an immense amount of hop matter 450g in the kettle and 100g dry, it was so much hoppage that while a crash worked some stuff would have made its way in to bottles.

This helped with sorting that out.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/pope-13mm-poly-inline-barbed-filter_p3127265

I only use it in extreme cases where there's a mound of hop matter on the base or if I've added something else weird like added 4kg of raspberries or 200g coffee.

I, at times, use lots of hops in the boil and went and bought one of these fine conical catering strainers for $40. Best investment ever. They come in a few different widths and a couple of mesh sizes. It sits nicely on-top of the fermenter and is solidly made - I can push and scrape without a worry.

Yes it takes a little longer when straining the wort into the fermenter. But it's worth it's weight in gold. It takes some much out of the brew.

Cheers,
Pete

 

[user 31093]

I, at times, use lots of hops in the boil and went and bought one of these fine conical catering strainers for $40. Best investment ever. They come in a few different widths and a couple of mesh sizes. It sits nicely on-top of the fermenter and is solidly made - I can push and scrape without a worry.

Yes it takes a little longer when straining the wort into the fermenter. But it's worth it's weight in gold. It takes some much out of the brew.

Cheers,
Pete

That filter I pointed at is more for when there's hops in to the fermenter such as a big ass dry hop. I like the idea of the cone shaped strainer I'll check those out.

 

[brocasarea]

I use a hop ball. Cost a fiver at the LHBS. Keeps 95% of the crud in the one spot. Saves you being so nervous about knocking the barrel after a cold crash too.