hop sock

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Permalink Reply by Ralph on March 23, 2012 at 8:41pm

Apparently ladies pantihose make for good hop socks as well...

Just saying...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Popham on March 24, 2012 at 12:04pm

Yes. I don't have a surplus of those.

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Permalink Reply by Chad Keven on March 24, 2012 at 9:22am

whats the thing intended to be used for?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Popham on March 24, 2012 at 12:11pm

The idea is that if you dont want to have to strain the hops out or if you want to remove them while cooling the wort, you put them in a hop bag and tie up. There is a question of whether they are allowed enough movement to be effective & if you are doing several additions you need more bags or a resealable one.

I made myself a hop sock which stays open above the wort & is suspended on a large split ring, so I can just chuck each addition in the top. But to be honest I haven't bothered lately. Siphoning into a bottling bucket and leaving in fridge until at pitching temp lets any hop matter settle.

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Permalink Reply by Chad Keven on March 24, 2012 at 10:46pm

nah i meant what do people buy the filters for from placemakers? nova pipe?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Popham on March 25, 2012 at 9:18am

Ha ha, sorry. Yes for going around pipe. Keeps roots out I think.

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on March 27, 2012 at 9:43pm

just to jump on the band wagon has anybody tried the resealbale tea bags from ebay for hop additions?

would these be of any use or are they too small to let the hoppy goodness out?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-ct-PRESS-N-SEAL-2-5-X-2-75-U-FILL-EMPTY...

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Permalink Reply by mattd2 on March 27, 2012 at 10:26pm

Or these

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-2-5-Inch-Reusable-Stainless-Steel-... you can get 3" ones aswell but this is what I came up with after 2 miutes of searching. At less that NZ$2.50 each you could get a few for each of your additions.

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on March 27, 2012 at 10:29pm

I did have a look at those as well but wasn't sure the mesh would be fine enough, gotta love chinese cheap stuff on ebay,

do you reckon the mesh would keep pellet hops contained well enough?

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Permalink Reply by mattd2 on March 27, 2012 at 11:36pm

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/10-stainless-diy-hop-blocker-289349/

I saw this thread with a guy that used a similar one (a 5" tea ball) as a cheap hop stopper with good results with leaf hops. A few people on that thread said they had used them as hop balls (as in their "normal" use) with good/ok results with pellets, but one said no dice. I might just go check how maxed out the visa is now...

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Permalink Reply by mattd2 on March 28, 2012 at 12:51am

Just bought 3 of the 2.5" tea balls, I'll let you guys know how they go in 10 - 20business days!

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Permalink Reply by Hamish Jones on March 28, 2012 at 8:05am

do let us know how they go as I am keen to get some if they work,

cheers

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