tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756861315815236395.post170291924646762993..comments2007-11-29T11:30:41.899+01:00grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090575637277836287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756861315815236395.post-73640426744430111502007-11-29T11:30:00.000+01:002007-11-29T11:30:00.000+01:00I can sympathize with you. I have a very similar setup although my pump is a magnetically coupled pump and my hop filter is a stainless steel braid loop. Pellet hops kicked my ass with this system.<BR/>I thinks it's hard to have a filter that can successfully filter both forms of hops as they are so different. As travis suggested I think I'm gonna stick those evil pellets in a pair of tights. I'm still going to let my loose hops run free as nature intended though!andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196939883626728020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756861315815236395.post-78264026630445705132007-11-09T16:17:00.000+01:002007-11-09T16:17:00.000+01:00That's kind of cool. I tried something like that but not nearly as big and I had the same problem. Those hop pellets are a mess.<BR/><BR/>Now what I do is use a reusable grain bag. I put the hope in the grain bag and let it set in the water like a tea bag. I have the grain bag anchored to the kettle with a coat hanger (real NASA stuff going on at my brewery) so that it can easily be pulled out for hop additions.<BR/><BR/>It works out well for me, but I have talked with people that think that I am compromising my alpha acid usage, but it's easy and I am happy so that's what we do.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08293454329758079937noreply@blogger.com