aha! Many thanks :)Early iterations used to be bags suspended by legs that straddled the brew kettle.
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Out of interest, what issues are you suffering specifically? I've been prepared to push the button on a hop spider or false bottom at the first sign of problems with my G30 ever since I got it, but I've still not suffered any scorching or blockages, even with moderate hop loads. I've expected it, but it's not yet happened!Having had lots of issues with my Grainfather G30, I've gone over to a Hop Spider now
I guess it depends on how much you hop, and whether you whirlpool. I've used ~120g of (leaf) hops in the GF before and had them clog the filter quite a bit... even with whirlpooling.Out of interest, what issues are you suffering specifically? I've been prepared to push the button on a hop spider or false bottom at the first sign of problems with my G30 ever since I got it, but I've still not suffered any scorching or blockages, even with moderate hop loads. I've expected it, but it's not yet happened!
Ah, a fair pointI guess it depends on how much you hop, and whether you whirlpool. I've used ~120g of (leaf) hops in the GF before and had them clog the filter quite a bit... even with whirlpooling.
Well if its anything like mine hang up on a hook on the garage wall when not in use (I use sometimes to filter wort going into the fermenter and not for its original purpose) it seems to gather lots of spiders, so whatever the reason it was actually named it seems to be pretty aptly named.Having had lots of issues with my Grainfather G30, I've gone over to a Hop Spider now. It came to me, why are they called hop spiders, I can't see any relation to a spider?!![]()
I got an official Grainfather false bottom and it’s more trouble than I thought, I’ve stopped using it now, I’ve had several brews where I think it’s mainly proteins that block the holes, it then gets so hot that it causes the worst burning I’ve ever had and the element safety switch constantly trips. Back to the big mangrove jacks spider.Out of interest, what issues are you suffering specifically? I've been prepared to push the button on a hop spider or false bottom at the first sign of problems with my G30 ever since I got it, but I've still not suffered any scorching or blockages, even with moderate hop loads. I've expected it, but it's not yet happened!
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