boiled hops in wort

[Mikes15]

Read an article today about hop teas, it suggested boiling in a bag the adding the bag & tea to the wort.

I always boil mine commando & strain in to the wort.

(kits & bits)

Thoughts?

[Lab Cat]

Same result either way I'd have thought. I boil and strain too. Brewers on here suggested that once boiled, there's nothing left in the hops, so no point in throwing it in the wort.

[King Ruddager]

Utilisation might suffer slightly if the hops are tightly packed in a bag, but I'm not sure.

[ben 10]

4 hours ago, Lab Cat said:

there's nothing left in the hops

In addition to that, perhaps you will be adding unwanted flavours, vegetable matter and the like?

[ScottyMac]

Strain or filter out for me. I guess I’m just trying to keep things out that don’t need to be there. Once they’re boiled they aren’t going to add much to the wort I wouldn't think.

As long as the “tea bag” has room the hops should still do their thing in the boil. 

[Mikes15]

yeah, dont  think ill be trying this any time soon,,,,

[Journeyman]

I wondered about it the other way around - could we re-use dry hops for bittering in the boil? I can't see why it wouldn't work as the dry hops process doesn't address the bittering ability of the hops, so if you're doing 2 brews in succession or maybe one the next day if seems to me dropping the hops in would provide bittering without costing another lot of hops.

 

[The Captain!!]

26 minutes ago, Journeyman said:

I wondered about it the other way around - could we re-use dry hops for bittering in the boil? I can't see why it wouldn't work as the dry hops process doesn't address the bittering ability of the hops, so if you're doing 2 brews in succession or maybe one the next day if seems to me dropping the hops in would provide bittering without costing another lot of hops.

 

you can use the dry hop to bitter. Its a bit of a guess as to what is left though and how much to use weight wise. I couldn't be bothered to work it out, but if you do id like to hear about the outcome..

[Titan]

Have a look here for a previous discussion.