Mine cleans easily. What I have seen is it seems since I started using it I never had to use fermcap drops again on any brew. That’s what got me thinking.
I’m using this from AIH. It is super fine. But with hot water and pbw cleans quickly for me.What are you using exactly. I have the hop spider. It's very very fine mesh
Actually that is more coarse than de 400. PBW helps a lot to get off the last bits.Hmmm I'm not sure how many microns my Grainfather hop spider is. Probably 800 . It takes a while to drain.
Actually that is more coarse than de 400. PBW helps a lot to get off the last bits.
I use paint strainer bags. Because I have not bought a cylinder yet. I have always used it when adding more than 2 ounces total. I do it to get more beer without brewing a bigger volume. (less trub soaking up precious beer!) When I am looking for a very hoppy flavor, I use a little more hops.
Oh ok so the higher the number the easier it is for particles to pass through. Then its definitely not a 800 lol
It's just the opposite. The higher the number, the tighter the openings. I use a 4" hop cylinder that hangs over the rim of my BK when I'm using more than a few ounces of hops. I always put my brew spoon in the BK with my IC chiller near the end of the boil to sterilize so I can stir the wort during cooling. Then I can also use the spoon to scrape the inside of my hop cylinder so it drains faster. Otherwise, it takes forever to drain. My sink sprayer makes quick work of cleaning out the cylinder.
You need to pay attention to the units. If it's specified in microns (as in 300 micron or 400 micron), the opposite is true. In this case, it's giving the size of the opening. So a 300 micron mesh is a tighter mesh than a 400 micron mesh.
If they give a number like "40 mesh" or "50 mesh", then your comment is true, but I don't think I have ever seen a homebrew hop spider advertised in that way.
You need to pay attention to the units. If it's specified in microns (as in 300 micron or 400 micron), the opposite is true. In this case, it's giving the size of the opening. So a 300 micron mesh is a tighter mesh than a 400 micron mesh.
If they give a number like "40 mesh" or "50 mesh", then your comment is true, but I don't think I have ever seen a homebrew hop spider advertised in that way.
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