redrocker652002
Well-Known Member
Just sitting here thinking and watching videos regarding brewing when a question came to my mind. I use a hop bag during my boil to add the hops at the scheduled time. Once I am done with the boil, I tend to pull the bag and start my cooling process with my IC and a large cooler full of ice and water. My question to you all is this: Do you pull the hop bag before the cooling process, or do you keep it in during the cooling and pull it once the wort is in the fermenter? I am thinking, that if I leave the hop bag in, I might get bit more flavor from the hops and might be a better outcome (not that the outcome has been bad, I have enjoyed just about all I have brewed so far). I have not tried whirlpooling yeat, as I have to figure out a way to get a paddle into the middle of my IC to get the wort moving. But that is another question to be asked. My question on this one is simple, when do you remove the hop bag or hop spider from the wort? Before, during or after the cooling process has started?