cathlabrob
Active Member
Hi all,
I have a 10 gal pro pilot system and have only brewed 3 times so far with it. It has a 20 gal boil pot with whirlpool. My recent brew clogged the output valve with residual from only 2 oz of pellet hops during the boil. Since the wort is transferred to the therminator plate chiller via a pump, I’m looking for solutions to help prevent the clog and help keep the hops/trub from entering my chiller (since it is difficult to get out even with reversing the flow). I actually had a blichmann hopblocker installed, which may work well with the whole hops, nut it did nothing for the dissolved pellet hops. During a search I found something called a hop spider. Has anyone had any experience with using it with pellet hops? If so, did it successfully screen the sediment? I also found a company that sells custom metal screen baskets but they were pricey and I’m not sure how that would work with a whirlpool and 240v heating element in the bottom of the pot.
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions!
Rob Williams
I have a 10 gal pro pilot system and have only brewed 3 times so far with it. It has a 20 gal boil pot with whirlpool. My recent brew clogged the output valve with residual from only 2 oz of pellet hops during the boil. Since the wort is transferred to the therminator plate chiller via a pump, I’m looking for solutions to help prevent the clog and help keep the hops/trub from entering my chiller (since it is difficult to get out even with reversing the flow). I actually had a blichmann hopblocker installed, which may work well with the whole hops, nut it did nothing for the dissolved pellet hops. During a search I found something called a hop spider. Has anyone had any experience with using it with pellet hops? If so, did it successfully screen the sediment? I also found a company that sells custom metal screen baskets but they were pricey and I’m not sure how that would work with a whirlpool and 240v heating element in the bottom of the pot.
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions!
Rob Williams