This stainless strainer (also known as a hop spider) is perfect for containing hops in a boil in either a Keggle, Mash & Boil, or Grainfather. Made entirely of 304 grade stainless, this 300 micron grade screen will hold in either pellet or whole hops. It can accomodate up to 9 ounces of pellet hops, or 4 ounces of whole hops. It is 17½" overall length with handle, with the basket being 14" long, and 4" wide at the base, and 6" wide at the top.
Aug 01, 2017 by Charles
Q: Can this be used in a Robobrew (with pump)?
A: Yes, for the boil when you remove the grain pipe, this fits well.
May 28, 2017 by Vince Mitchell
Q: Can this be used with the Boil & Mash?
A: Yes, it fits perfectly.
Dec 13, 2016 by Mike
Q: how hard is it to bend the handle like it is shown in the picture with the keggle?
A: Not real hard, the handle is thin stainless and can be bent with a little effort.
Dec 02, 2016 by Scott
Q: Does this product have an open bottom?
A: No, the same mesh screen is on the bottom as on the sides.
Works great - not perfect for Grainfather
Plenty big enough for hop head favorites. Fine mesh screen works great even with pellet hops. Only drawback from my perspective, and why I didn't give 5 stars, is that I bought this specifically for use with a Grandfather as advertised on the site. I found that the handle is too long to hook it on the edge of the Grandfather and still have the top of the hop spider above the normal wort level. Hooking the handle on the edge means the hop spider is completely submerged which defeats the purpose of the spider. What worked for me, and I recommend for Grandfather use, is to hook the handle on the recirculation pipe after you swing the pipe out over to the side.
Works great
Bought this to replace hop bags. It's a little tall for my kettle, but a clamp on the handle secures it. Easier to throw hops and irish moss into this spider than to prepare and reopen hop bags. But the real advantage is cleaning: the residue from hop pellets cleans right off with a scrubbing sponge, used gently.
Great for 5g brewing!!!
Got this to use with my 10g kettle and love it! Being able to put pellet and whole hops into it without haveing all of the mess to deal with is great. Just brewed a Heather Rye with 6oz of pellet hops and 6oz of Heather tips and they all fit without little to no escape into the wort. Wish I had this years ago!
Works well.
Brewed two batches with this so far and it works well with my 15 gallon kettle. The mesh is also fine enough, I can strain first runnings so it's removed my need to vorlauf.
First use caught most trub
First use caught most trub a little bit leaked over the side of the grandfather. What was nice was that with the handle I could sparge a little bit of the sugars out and still have a nice ball of hops to throw away. Seems to work well. Final taste of brew will determine IBU efficiency and if I need to adjust. I added about 10% more hops to compensate for the mesh. Cheers!