Wouldn't it be handy if....

Post by **Jim** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:24 pm

...someone made a little plastic hop strainer that would just plug into the back of a pressure barrel tap.

Dry hopping (my latest obsession

) would be easy then.

Or maybe there is such a beast on the market already, in which case give me links!!

kt88man · Post by **kt88man** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:33 pm

Could you...

...using washing machine hose parts

...remove the barbed section from a straight hose connector

and use the remaining 'nut' to hold a...

filterwasher on the back end of the tap. Don't know if it would clog too easily though

Post by **Jim** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:44 pm

Also, are the materials food-safe? That's the kind of shaped thingy I was thinking about, though.

kt88man · Post by **kt88man** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:47 pm

Jim wrote:Also, are the materials food-safe?

Doubt it very much...

But in my previous brewing career I used a lot of stuff that wasn't 'food grade' ... I'm still around

Post by **Andy** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:49 pm

I have both those components! The barbed tap adapter thing is fine but the rubber washer on the filter washer does pong a bit and I wouldn't want it immersed in a brew...

kt88man · Post by **kt88man** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:02 pm

Andy wrote:... the rubber washer on the filter washer does pong a bit and I wouldn't want it immersed in a brew...

Interesting ... the ones I have are all plastic, no rubber at all.

Garth · Post by **Garth** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:18 pm

would these be of any use Jim?

I'm thinking they are from the same folk you got your sparklers from.

http://www.a1barstuff.co.uk/detail.asp?ProdID=125

could you incorporate these somewhere in/around your keg tap?

Post by **Jim** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:34 am

Daab, good idea! And at Ã‚Â£1 for the materials in keeping with my frugal nature!

Garth, those are the things that gave me the idea, but I couldn't think of a way to fit them to the inside of a barrel tap. They're meant to fit inside a commercial cask tap I think.

crow_flies · Post by **crow_flies** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:58 pm

what's wrong with hops in a muslin bag? I've done that on a number of occaisions without clogging. Geting them out once the barrel is empty, even from a 2" neck barrel isnt really a hassle, just invert shake and pull..

/CF

Post by **Jim** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:03 pm

crow_flies wrote:what's wrong with hops in a muslin bag? I've done that on a number of occaisions without clogging. Geting them out once the barrel is empty, even from a 2" neck barrel isnt really a hassle, just invert shake and pull..

/CF

Aye, that's the simplest solution! I've got a hop bag already as well - I used to boil with it before I found out it was frowned upon.

TheBigEasy · Post by **TheBigEasy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:09 pm

I used to boil with it before I found out it was frowned upon.

I hope it was no one on here Jim.

If it was, just say the word, and the boys will be sent.

Frothy · Post by **Frothy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:38 pm

I made such a thing to fit in the pipe on my boiler.
Similar as Daab says but "value" stainless seive from supermarket

I get on well with hop bags
Frothy

Bigster · Post by **Bigster** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:38 pm

crow_flies wrote:what's wrong with hops in a muslin bag? /CF

Just trying this in my latest brew with a ping pong ball for floatiness

ColinKeb · Post by **ColinKeb** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:45 pm

...or couldnt you just attach a piece of plastic pipe, like the ones that have the float on to draw the beer from the top, and put plenty of holes in it and put a bung in the end?

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