Tea (Hop) Strainers

[hamster]

Howdy All

I bought some tea strainers from eBay a while back and used them for the first time this week. They are something like this...

eBay Strainer

My actual one...


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I used them for dry hopping. I used 100g off hops in a single strainer (300g of hops overall throughout 3 of them :twisted:) and it came out slightly compact !


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I'm wondering if this has majorly effected my dry hop ? Would the beer have soaked up enough of the oils...

Not sure if anyone else has had any experiences with these ?

They certainly keep the mess down and I had planned on using them during boil, which I probably will still do. However my dry hopping from now on goes straight in...

 

[Godsdog]

They always clump together when in a restricted space like a teaball no matter how large a one you use.in the primary its best to let them fly free after the initial burst of fermentation has nearly died away around day 5

 

[Bigjas]

I have the same ones. I use them in the boil with a maximum of 30g leaf hop in each of them. I wouldn't use them to dry hop, I just chuck my pellets straight in.

 

[BeerCat]

I have one but not used it yet. I bet they would be good for spices. Orange peel, coriander seed. Anything that wont sink.