As I mentioned in Weekend in Brewing, I used to just throw the hops in the kettle. During that brew, I used a paint strainer bag to keep the hops contained. This worked beautifully. After seeing multiple forum posts and write ups about hop spiders, I decided to build my version of one. I didn’t like the usual hop spider design, which used three or four long bolts in an attempt to center the bag in the kettle. I felt this restricted stirring more than I wanted. So, I decided to make mine a little different. [Read More]
Over at his blog Morgan River Brewing, David posted a great idea he had for a hop hanger (aka spider). Here's what he had to say about it:
As I mentioned in Weekend in Brewing, I used to just throw the hops in the kettle. During that brew, I used a paint strainer bag to keep the hops contained. This worked beautifully. After seeing multiple forum posts and write ups about hop spiders, I decided to build my version of one. I didn’t like the usual hop spider design, which used three or four long bolts in an attempt to center the bag in the kettle. I felt this restricted stirring more than I wanted. So, I decided to make mine a little different. [Read More]
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