hops if you havent got a hop filter

[YorkshireTiger]

Hi there, apologies if this seems like a daft queston but............

I have a Burco boiler which my mates hop filter will not fit into. Therefore Ive been using a muslim bag to put my hops in during the boil, and typically spend 45 mins squeezing it like a tea-bag to extract the hop oils.

If Im using my hops in this manner do you think that I should use more hops than you guys recommend in the 'recipes section' as presumeably I wont be getting quite as much out of the equivalent weight? Or am I just being neurotic?

ta, Matt

[Zephiacus]

Does your beer taste like it needs more hops? If so then add more hops, but if it tastes alright then there's really no reason to change things.

[greenxpaddy]

I don' think you need to squeeze it. Just weigh it down with a glass object and tie to side of the burco. The oils will rise out

[iann41]

my muslin bags died a death after just two boils so i've ditched that approach and am making a hop filter to fit. Ian