BreweyMcHops Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Why cant I find info on this? When I have a fat hops sock swollen with 200g of C hops, that's been in there a few days, at bottling time does anyone else experiment with a hot sparge of the hops sock? I have and it seems to be like adding hops at flameout, some bittering and some flavour . It does seem to give you more bang for your buck. It seems like a waste to chuck it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 8 hours ago, BreweyMcHops said: Why cant I find info on this? When I have a fat hops sock swollen with 200g of C hops, that's been in there a few days, at bottling time does anyone else experiment with a hot sparge of the hops sock? I have and it seems to be like adding hops at flameout, some bittering and some flavour . It does seem to give you more bang for your buck. It seems like a waste to chuck it! I really don't know but I am thinking spent hops would be very bitter & unpleasant if re-introduced back into the brew. It is something I have never heard of but I am sure there are hop pundits out there waiting to prove me wrong. I sprinkle mine into the garden rather than just chuck them, who knows I may wake up one morning & it could be all about Jack & the Hopstalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 8 hours ago, BreweyMcHops said: Why cant I find info on this? When I have a fat hops sock swollen with 200g of C hops, that's been in there a few days, at bottling time does anyone else experiment with a hot sparge of the hops sock? I have and it seems to be like adding hops at flameout, some bittering and some flavour . It does seem to give you more bang for your buck. It seems like a waste to chuck it! Never heard of a practice like that. I simply squeeze the living hell out of the hop sock and be done with it. Quite frankly, I cannot imagine there being too much bitterness to be extracted. While you can apparently use dry hops for bittering, it requires a decent boil or at least a steep in hot wort/water. A "sparge" wouldn't be long enough to extract anything meaningful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreweyMcHops Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: Never heard of a practice like that. I simply squeeze the living hell out of the hop sock and be done with it. Quite frankly, I cannot imagine there being too much bitterness to be extracted. While you can apparently use dry hops for bittering, it requires a decent boil or at least a steep in hot wort/water. A "sparge" wouldn't be long enough to extract anything meaningful. I thought that too but if you have 200g of hops it turns out there is some noticable bitterness to be extracted with a sparge with boiling water and 10 min steep . It's about the flavours though I already have it bitteted by this point I'm actually trying not to add a whole lot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, BreweyMcHops said: I thought that too but if you have 200g of hops it turns out there is some noticable bitterness to be extracted with a sparge with boiling water and 10 min steep . It's about the flavours though I already have it bitteted by this point I'm actually trying not to add a whole lot more I have not done it. But if it works for you, keep doin' it. I do understand what you are saying. The dry hops in a Chux cloth I pull out of a fermenter still smell so good. There must be something more to extract from them. So far I just do like Aussiekraut, and squeeze the ba-jimenies out of the Chux cloth to get whatever extra I can. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 So do you guys use sanitized gloves when squeezing out the hop juice? Or not bother? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tone boy said: So do you guys use sanitized gloves when squeezing out the hop juice? Or not bother? The times I have done it I have sanitised a set of tongs by boiling in water for 10 to 15 minutes then used starsan then squeezed with the tongs. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Tone boy said: So do you guys use sanitized gloves when squeezing out the hop juice? Or not bother? I never used to. I only sprayed my hands with starsan but considering you will never get all the nasties out of the pores in your skin, I started using brewers gloves and sanitise them beforehand. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Tone boy said: So do you guys use sanitized gloves when squeezing out the hop juice? Or not bother? I use powder-free food handling gloves that are twice sprayed with Stellarsan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreweyMcHops Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 On 7/14/2022 at 11:27 AM, Tone boy said: So do you guys use sanitized gloves when squeezing out the hop juice? Or not bother? No but I sanitize my hands, hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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