Hop Pellets

[cornyandy]

Hi all,

I have never used hop pellets except in a teabag or muslin bag for dry hopping but there seems to be a move over to pellets in more varieties from some of the Homebrew suppliers. I normally boil leaf hops in a muslin bag and let the chips fall where they may it does work ok for me. Could I use pellets in the same way or would I need to adjust my technique.

If I don't get back with thanks for answers quickly I apologise I now work 12 hour shifts and am "on" till Monday night. (Tuesday is Brew Day though)

Cheers all

Andrew

 

[Covrich]

Use them the same, you will probably find you lose less wort than with leaf, they are also supposedly a little more efficient.. all things being the same I prefer them

 

[wfr42]

Have you got some sort of hop filter?
Even so I got some debris when draining through a sieve.

I think you'll be fine using muslin bags. Others may have more experience and advice.
I've used pellets on 2 of my 4 ag brews and have just chucked them in.

 

[BrewCurious]

It may just be the varieties I have used-but are the alpha acids percentages usually significantly higher with pellets? I have thus used less. Is this correct and if so presumably they are more cost efficient?

 

[MickDundee]

I've done 2 AG brews - one with pellets and the other (today) with leaf. I hated the leaf - my hop filter fell off during the boil and the lead just kept clogging my tap! I ended up pouring the wort out of my boiler like a bucket (through a sieve) into my FV. I'll stick to pellets from now on!

 

[cornyandy]

Thanks folks, just about to go to work so will write more later. A

 

[Brew_DD2]

I use a homemade hop spider with a nylon paint strainer-type bag in my kettle and get little/no debris.

Hop pellets are the way forward in my opinion. They keep well and are easy to use.