Hop Spider!

This little contraption really helps keep most of the hop mess out of the fermentor.  Very simple, yet very effective.




I used a bell end off of a piece of 6" pipe that I had left over from a job, but any 6-8" diameter piece of pipe or coupling will do the trick.  I used 1/4" x 6" bolts with a nut on the inside and outside of pipe to keep it all tight.  I drilled my holes equal distance apart.  My hop bag is a nylon bag with a drawstring that can be found at your local homebrew shop.

I like the lip on this pipe to help hold the hop bag up when the drawstring is pulled tight.  I still tie the drawstring off to one of the bolts just in case

Here's how it sits on top of my keggle