pellet hop sludge!!

[Demus]

I've been avoiding brewing my favorite style lately, IPA. I cranked one out today and remembered why. 7 ounces of pellet hops rendered my march pump/plate chiller setup useless. Frustrated I went back to the drop in, and had to bug the neighbor to help me pour 6 gallons ingot the fermenter the old fashioned way.

My question: Is there a better way??? I've read many posts on various filtering methods and have experimented with several myself with limited success on my setup. This thought occurred to me: I really don't mind transferring the gunk to my fermenter, I just want to chill it quickly. So why fight it? Has anyone tried a march pump with a counterflow chiller like "chill-zilla" without any filtration at all? I know it won't work with my plate chiller because of all the right angles inside. But I think the hop sludge saturate wort might just flow right through the smooth cooper tubing of a counterflow. What do you think? Anyone out there tried this?

 

[masskrug]

Have you tried a hop bag/spider? I throw my hops in a nylon paint bag during the boil.

If you are not going to reuse the yeast then just let the hops trub out with the yeast.

 

[Sheldon]

Si, hop bag/spider and into the trash!

 

[dryboroughbrewing]

My system is pretty much purpose built to make IPAs. I use a multi-pronged defense, hop spider+homemade hop stopper+inverted hop rocket with the high flow insert removed packed with bagged leaf hops. Bloody little gets through.

 

[Demus]

And the no filtration idea? Anyone out there tried it?