Hop Boosting Technology
#1
Posted 10 August 2010 - 02:36 PM
#2
Posted 10 August 2010 - 02:51 PM
#3
Posted 10 August 2010 - 03:33 PM
So do you push the beer through the water filter just before serving? If yes I'd think it would just require some low pressure.i saw somebody make one of these one time using a whole house water filter body that you can get from lowes.
#4
Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:14 PM
Just the filter housing. You take the actual filter out and replace it with luscious hops.So do you push the beer through the water filter just before serving? If yes I'd think it would just require some low pressure.
#5
Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:15 PM
#6
Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:18 PM
IMO, the whole appeal of a Randall is that you drink it immediately and get absolute absolute maximum hoppiness at the point of serving. If you want to bottle or keg afterward, you might as well just dry hop.I basically want to make a Randall kinda thing that I can bottle beer behind. Or keg.
#7
Posted 10 August 2010 - 04:53 PM
I use this for dry hopping in kegs.But I think the filter housing is what I would use if I wanted to push beer through hops at any stage of the process, though perhaps the housing couldn't take the heat if I wanted to put it inline pre-chiller. In which case I would think that a small corny, like the 2.5 gallon with a sure screen on it might work.My grand idea is to pack a corny keg with hops and attach some sort of false bottom/filter (maybe stainless scrubby) on the out dip tube to avoid whole hops plugging it up. [/
#8
Posted 10 August 2010 - 05:52 PM
This is the idea. To take that freshness and be able to package it. Dry hopping only goes so far. I want to go beyond that. Way extreme. Is this not the idea with the Torpedo? To capture the ultimate fresh hop flavor, but to be able to pour it for a bit more than a few hours.IMO, the whole appeal of a Randall is that you drink it immediately and get absolute absolute maximum hoppiness at the point of serving. If you want to bottle or keg afterward, you might as well just dry hop.
#9
Posted 10 August 2010 - 07:07 PM
#10
Posted 10 August 2010 - 07:20 PM
#11
Posted 10 August 2010 - 07:30 PM
Could you combine a Randall with a Burton Union? Basically, use the pressure from the evolved CO2 to pump the beer over some hops, over and over again.I love "teh freshpress" concept... Now engineering...
#12
Posted 10 August 2010 - 07:33 PM
hmm?Could you combine a Randall with a Burton Union? Basically, use the pressure from the evolved CO2 to pump the beer over some hops, over and over again.
#13
Posted 11 August 2010 - 04:27 AM
sounds like it would be tough to get a good seal with the plunger and the lid on the keg. I'm also thinking about all of the sediment I would kick up doing this but I guess even that would go away after enough pints.These techniques achieve their results by moving the beer over the hops. Beer flows while the hops are stationary. I feel that in a homebrewery, it would be more practical to move the hops through the beer instead. Beer will be stationary in a keg, while the hops are the moving parts. Imagine a keg with a hop screen, free floating hops and an agitator to get them moving. The hop screen could even be the agitator itself. Think of a french press, except the beans are at the top and the coffee pours from the bottom. Want more fresh hop character? Give it a few presses and get those suckers into contact with beer. Starting to get a bit astringent? Pull the plunger and lift the hops up and out of the beer so you can halt the process. Necessity is the mother of invention, and I NEED MOAR HOPS!!!
#14
Posted 11 August 2010 - 06:24 AM
this...i should have been more clear. i also think the guy had engineered some sort of tube that attached to the water inlet. the tube went down into the filter housing, and it had holes in it to help increase contact between the beer and the hops.Just the filter housing. You take the actual filter out and replace it with luscious hops.
#15
Posted 11 August 2010 - 07:00 AM
Here's an image of what I was thinking:Now, just put some hops in the union (where the orange yeast is shown right now).Could you combine a Randall with a Burton Union? Basically, use the pressure from the evolved CO2 to pump the beer over some hops, over and over again.
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