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[MakeMeHoppy]

I always use pellet hops and recently started using hop bags to get clearer wort to the kettle. My question is if I add aroma hops with 1 minute left in the boil when do I pull the hop bag out? I've been doing it part way through the chilling basically because it is a convenient time to remove them. Since I am no longer boiling does it matter when I remove them? I'm thinking if I didn't use the bags the hops would have to remain in the kettle until the chill is completed and I rack to the carboy.

Edited by MakeMeHoppy, 08 January 2010 - 08:12 PM.

[ncbeerbrewer]

I'm thinking if I didn't use the bags the hops would have to remain in the kettle until the chill is completed and I rack to the carboy.

I don't use hop bags myself but I think your thinking above makes sense. If I were using them I would leave them in the wort till I was ready to transfer to my carboy. As you said pellets would remain in contact till transfer too. Maybe if you took the hop bags out earlier you might tell a difference but it could make for an interesting experiment. I would leave them in till I started my wort transfer though too.

[Slainte]

flavor and aroma additions stay in until after chilled, bittering usually gets taken out at end of boil.

[MakeMeHoppy]

Next time I'll leave them all in until transfer and see if I can notice a difference. It will be easier to pull them out when they are cool and I don't have to worry about sanitation in the kettle anymore.