Anyone have ideas on how to improve hop exposure during boil and whirlpool in a recirculating system like the SVBS from SsBrew?
They recommend using hop spider, which I’ve done but I feel like I get a muted quality to the beer with these. I’ve tried a few different sizes.
I finally tried just throwing the hops directly into my SVBS for whirlpool. This was a 15%oatmeal grist/wort so was already sticky, and I used 6oz pellet hops for the whirlpool.
This resulted is basically a ‘stuck’ whirlpool - the hop/trub gunk plugged up the trub ring to the point that there was little flow during the whirl. The hops also collected around the temperature sensor so the SVBS wasn’t aware of correct temp.
I’m trying to figure a way to get good hop exposure during the boil and whirlpool but still keep the recirculation system free of clogs. Was considering adding some external hop-rocket type of system or if adding a false bottom over the trub ring as a prefilter may work.
Was wondering if anyone has experience with this or some suggestions.
They recommend using hop spider, which I’ve done but I feel like I get a muted quality to the beer with these. I’ve tried a few different sizes.
I finally tried just throwing the hops directly into my SVBS for whirlpool. This was a 15%oatmeal grist/wort so was already sticky, and I used 6oz pellet hops for the whirlpool.
This resulted is basically a ‘stuck’ whirlpool - the hop/trub gunk plugged up the trub ring to the point that there was little flow during the whirl. The hops also collected around the temperature sensor so the SVBS wasn’t aware of correct temp.
I’m trying to figure a way to get good hop exposure during the boil and whirlpool but still keep the recirculation system free of clogs. Was considering adding some external hop-rocket type of system or if adding a false bottom over the trub ring as a prefilter may work.
Was wondering if anyone has experience with this or some suggestions.