First time doing an all-grain boil and I kept having to knock crap off the bazooka screen to keep things flowing into the fermenter. Is that normal or did I do a bad job sparging?
it’s probably clogged with hops, I have the same problem. I have to stir/scrape mine constantly while transferring to the fermenter.
Yeah, they have a tendency to get clogged. Whole hops work pretty well with them but be sure to bag pellets or you’ll be pouring your wort through a strainer to get it into the fermenter.
Ah, thanks. Will do that next time.
I don’t mind pouring through a strainer with the pellet hops. helps aerate the wort for pitching.
Happens to me all the time. This is a big reason why I try to use whole hops exclusively in the boil kettle.