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My thoughts...
After trying whole leaf hops in various bags including tights as thats what a brewery i know do ! I decided to throw whole hops in straight to fermenter. Horrible job transferring beer was the result. I have a bottom drawing fermenters and the hops clogged and clogged the process. The bags are a dick about and obviously blocked transfers are also.
I decided to use pellets on the last one. They break up nicely which will maximise exposure to beer. They also from an orderly layer at the bottom of FV which is also handy.
In summary I got a much better flavour from the pellets and no lost beer.
I add just towards the end of fermentation. CO2 is not as vigorous to avoid scrubbing. Also read somewhere (?) that this avoids and raw vegetal flavours.
The aroma of my latest with the pellets is outrageous. It smells like fruit juice. Taste is also great.
So... How do you do yours?
Cheers
Matt
After trying whole leaf hops in various bags including tights as thats what a brewery i know do ! I decided to throw whole hops in straight to fermenter. Horrible job transferring beer was the result. I have a bottom drawing fermenters and the hops clogged and clogged the process. The bags are a dick about and obviously blocked transfers are also.
I decided to use pellets on the last one. They break up nicely which will maximise exposure to beer. They also from an orderly layer at the bottom of FV which is also handy.
In summary I got a much better flavour from the pellets and no lost beer.
I add just towards the end of fermentation. CO2 is not as vigorous to avoid scrubbing. Also read somewhere (?) that this avoids and raw vegetal flavours.
The aroma of my latest with the pellets is outrageous. It smells like fruit juice. Taste is also great.
So... How do you do yours?
Cheers
Matt