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>> 9. Pour thru a strainer into a fermenter.[/color][/color]
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> Why pour thru a strainer? I have left the hops and moss in the fermenter.
> Will it change the taste to strain it before fermenting?[/color]

Good question... I probably don't have a good answer... :) There is
probably not a great taste change either way... The best thing to do is
to plan two identical brews and do one each way and see! Let us know if
you do, and the results. ((I don't brew extract anymore much, so don't
use a strainer at all anymore ... )).

Derric