Tea / Spice infuser for hops ?

[Satellitemark]

Hi all ,

Has anyone used the stainless steel tea infusers for the hops in their beer brewing ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333112263909

I was thinking using one could save me from having to filter Syphon in to a second vessel before bottling.

Any thoughts on this ?


Mark

 

[Harry Wright]

I have one similar to these. Can hold some hops but probably not enough for some of the current NEIPA craze. Think I could get about 100 g of pellets into it. Otherwise great , also use half of it to catch grain when I circulate wort during mashing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07JJPMFLY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is what I have, but as you can see its basically the same. Personally think they're a great cheap alternative to a hop basket.

 

[matt76]

Hi all ,

Has anyone used the stainless steel tea infusers for the hops in their beer brewing ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333112263909

I was thinking using one could save me from having to filter Syphon in to a second vessel before bottling.

Any thoughts on this ?


Mark

Yes, I have a thought on this - I use a slightly different approach which I outlined in a different post earlier this evening:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/dry-hops-filtering.85697/#post-879479

 

[jceg316]

I use one of those. It needs to be weighed down though. I haven't used it in a long time I should add. What I like about it is it can be boiled or oven cooked to be sterilised, as well as star San. What I don't like is it's quite limiting how much you can put in. Muslin cloths are stretchy so can offer more versatility in that area.