Guest Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Just a quick one guys. . . Is there any overall difference in flavour, bitterness, or aroma caused by filtering or straining your hops mixture into your fermenter, as opposed to pouring in the whole cooked batch slurry & all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hey Lust, I havn't found any difference in taste etc. Straining does have the advantage of way less crap at the bottom of the FV that doesn't need to be there and willonly be a pain in the arse come bottling/yeast rinsing time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Well you certainly won't get any difference in bitterness, as the only way to extract bitterness from hops is to boil them. I've always strained mine though so I can't really comment on whether it makes a difference... if it did it'd probably be so minute you wouldn't notice it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Thanks Canuck & Otto. [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonardC2 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I always use a fine mesh strainer going into the Fv. I agree that it def gives way less trub & cold break in the bottom. I typically get about 3/8 inch of trub by racking time. The FM strainer also helps aerate the wort & top off water going in. I think getting all the hop gunk,cold break,etc strained out helps it clear up better myself. By the way,midwest had New Zeland hops for 25% off from the new harvest. So I got 13ozs,3oz of each of the 5 varieties they had. Some different tasting ales will be forthcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherK2 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I have to say this happened to me on my last brew by accident. I had moved house and packed the strainer. This previous fact was discovered about 1 minute from flame out on hops (and the steeped grain). So I managed to use the lid to keep most of the grains from relocating to the FV, but the hops went in. Overall, haven't tried it yet but very aromatic (also dry hoped by just tossing it in). The big issue was that it all mucked about with the tap. I think a couple grain got through and bottling was a complete trial. Lesson learnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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