Hop Spider for Biab

[dordelli]

I just ordered an 8 X 16 hop spider from Arbor Fabrication and am just realizing this will fit pretty snugly inside my 9 gallon kettle that I sometimes use for stove top, small size, BIAB batches. Will a 300 micron hop spider work well for BIAB or is the mesh too fine? Seems like a great way to be able to direct fire without melting a grain bag.

 

[dordelli]

Anyone have thoughts on this, my order is shipping tomorrow and would probably be able to change to 400 micron although am unsure if that would increase the hop debris I am trying to keep out of my plate chiller.

 

[BrewSRQ]

Take what I say with a grain of salt, but if you aren't recirculating I think youd be good. Definitely on the small size for holes in ss. A false bottom usually has 3/32 inch (~2.4mm) holes so even the 400 micron stuff would be about 6 times smaller. Bags tend to be much finer though, I sewed one up out of voile cloth for a few dollars.