Comments on: Using a Hop Back for Homebrewed Beer

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:43:06 +0000

Hi,
I would try to avoid “hot side aeration”. Its OK to aerate the unfermented wort after it has been cooled and before pitching the yeast, but aerating it while near boiling is not good.

Brad

By: JayRoamin

JayRoamin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:20:39 +0000

Hey Brad, This is awesome! The one problem I have is that I use a submersion chiller and therefore only have an opportunity to use such a device AFTER my wort gets chilled. Is there any point to using this between the boil kettle with the chilled wort and the fermentor? If not, is it worth risking aeration if I just transfer from one boil kettle to another via the hop back?

I’m itching to get the value of using a hop back but I’m not sure if my equipment is making the effort equivalent to kicking water up hill…or would that be kicking wort up hill?

By: Now brewing in the mountains… — Tuckasegee Reader

Now brewing in the mountains… — Tuckasegee Reader — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:46:44 +0000

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By: BeerGuy

BeerGuy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:14:07 +0000

Thanks for the tips I will use them soon. I plan on making my own beer in the near future.

By: Brad Smith

Brad Smith — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:40:18 +0000

Sorry about that – I was editing the web site and blog articles at the same time and apparently broke the link in the process. I’ve corrected it now so you can get to the hop back article on Bodensatz.

By: signal7

signal7 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:13:49 +0000

Broken Link. The link to the article on bodensatz’s site leads to some german sale page for your software. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it was a mistake rather than an attempt at advertisement .

What is the correct url for that article?