We've been making wet hop beers every year for a while now but I'm looking to improve our process to get more out of the hops and reduce loss. Traditionally, I have stuffed bags into the kettle at various intervals just like with pellets and boiling. The bags of hops tend to soak up a lot of wort and I don't generally think that it is a very efficient use of these costly hops. Not to mention the big mess it makes.
So is anyone else using any other strategies? This is basically the only time that we use whole hops in our brewery so I'm not well practiced in the art of whole cone hopping.
For the record, we are on a 15 bbl JVNW system and don't have a separate whirlpool or anything. Just mash tun, grant, and kettle.
So is anyone else using any other strategies? This is basically the only time that we use whole hops in our brewery so I'm not well practiced in the art of whole cone hopping.
For the record, we are on a 15 bbl JVNW system and don't have a separate whirlpool or anything. Just mash tun, grant, and kettle.
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