Here is my hop spider in action. Made with 3 long of coach bolts, some 100 mm PVC pipe, a large hose clamp and some paint strainer bags. I throw a stainless nut into the bag to keep it under the wort as the boiling action has a tendency to lift the bag to the surface.
It certainly helps with my losses to kettle trub and I get a bit more precious wort into the fermenter at the end of brew day, but I have noticed a slight decrease in hop bitterness so need to allow for this when formulating recipes.
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