re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II

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I have one of those metal tea straining balls that might help avoid hops clogging up the dip tube.

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I bought a few of those and used them once. They didn't hold much hops at all. Remember, the pellets will expand when they get wet. The expansion broke a few of the teaballs. I ended up trashing them and bought some of these filters. Works fantastic, both for keg hopping (on the dip tube), and racking from the fermenter for a hop heavy beer, or a fruited beer.

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A tip though, if using with a sterile siphon starter (pictured below), you'll need to trim the filter down. I cut a few inches from the top with some scissors so the filter will fit all the way into the fermenter. Also, remove the red plug cap at the bottom of the siphon starter, if not you'll likely have some stuck transfers.