First attempt at hop strainer

[Old Speckled Ben]

Morning guys

Just thought I'd share my first attempt at making a hop strainer for my Electrim boiler



Just made out of some spare copper i had laying around and about 15 minutes work

Going to give it a bit of a test tonight with just water in the boiler

Couple of questions:
1. How do I clean/sterilise it?
2. Does it look ok?

Thanks as always
Ben

[awalker]

Looks good.

More holes might help. Possible slow run off with hops in the kettle.

Boil it maybe

[Old Speckled Ben]

Thanks, awalker

Think I'll pop a few more holes in it tonight, then

I'll give boiling it a try and make sure it's clean before it goes in the precious beer

Cheers
Ben

[Jim]

Yes definitely more holes needed.

[subfaction]

+1 lots more holes, if you are finding the drill slips try banging a nail to get a nice small guide dent.

[Old Speckled Ben]

Thanks guys

I stuck some more holes in it last night and then gave it a quick boil in the electrim

It's cleaned it up a treat and the flow rate (with just water) is pretty good

I'm going to put even more in tonight

You can see from the photo that I've cut and shaped the end that goes in the tap so I can just force it in to the tap from the inside, but I don't feel this is a brilliant solution and i'm a bit worried it will fall off the tap during the boil

Any ideas?

Cheers

[subfaction]

Here's what I did viewtopic.php?t=58074
I made the stopper just long enough so it wedged in against the boiler wall.

[vacant]

the flow rate (with just water) is pretty good

But under a settled mash, each hole should ideally be partially blocked by a stable arrangement of bits of hop.

[Jim]

the flow rate (with just water) is pretty good

But under a settled mash, each hole should ideally be partially blocked by a stable arrangement of bits of grain.

This is a hop strainer though.

[vacant]

the flow rate (with just water) is pretty good

But under a settled mash, each hole should ideally be partially blocked by a stable arrangement of bits of grain.

This is a hop strainer though.

Got my edit in first (should use preview more often)

[Old Speckled Ben]

Lol, technically, it's going to do a little bit of grain straining, too as I'm doing BIAB and I'm sure some really determined bits of grain will make their way out of the mashing bag lol

[Old Speckled Ben]

Here's what I did viewtopic.php?t=58074
I made the stopper just long enough so it wedged in against the boiler wall.

Brilliant, thank you, that looks slightly more professional that what I've done LOL