Just filter through a large kitchen sieve. The splashing and aeration is
good for your beer at this stage ( before fermentation) to oxygenate the
wort for healthy yeast. The small hop fragments that get through will not
hurt and will settle to the bottom when fermentation finishes. Rack the
clear beer to a clean fermenter before leaving any sludge behind before
bottling. Hope this is clear.
Steve W.
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"ChasM" <chasmill@70@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have had a heck of a time with hops, and was hoping someone here could
> lend me a hand. I have been overhopping my beers, and think I finally
> figured out why. I have been adding pellet hops to my specialty grain
> brews, but haven't been filtering the wort, so the hops sits in the beer
> while it ferments. I finally read somewhere that you are to filter the
> wort? I tried it on a batch of brown ale tonight, and the filter got so
> clogged with hops that it would have had to sit forever, thereby causing
> immense contamination dangers (which I may have done anyway...only time[/color]
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> tell). Can anyone tell me how you do it? I'd be very grateful. I love
> hops, but I have had a batch or two that have taken a LONG time to settle[/color]
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> the bottle. Thanks a lot!
>
> My email is correct, minus the obvious extra @. Thanks again!
>
> ChasM
>
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