Hop Bombs

Dry hopping is a critical process in brewing. The volume of hops used is a significant cost, and the first casualty of any oxygen ingress is hop aroma and flavour.

The Brewmax Hop Bomb is a unique, anaerobic, hydro-dynamic dry-hopping vessel capable of being configured for variable hop loads.

• Using a technique of repeated high pressure purging, O2 is completely eliminated before beer in introduced.
• The Hop Bomb design ensures the beer flows through a hydrated hop bed of even depth. This cause all parts of the hop load to be evenly exposed.
• The even depth of the hop bed allows the Hop Bomb to act like a coarse filter, after a “hop vorlauf” step. With the addition of Ployclar and silica gel during recirculation, it clears some protein/polyphenol haze and precursors.
• The gentle hydro-dynamic flow uses about 60% of the hops to achieve the same intensity as a hydro-static dry-hopping.