Large Heavy Duty Stainless Mesh Filter Basket Hop Spider for Beverage Machine
Large Heavy Duty Stainless Mesh Filter Basket Hop Spider for Beverage Machine
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Maximize flavor and efficiency with this large-capacity stainless steel hop spider filter, designed for high-hop brewing, wine making, kombucha, and more. Built tough with reinforced banding and optimized mesh for superior flow and filtration.
Key Benefits
- Large 20L (5 gal) or 27L (7 gal) capacity
- Ideal for IPAs and high-hop brewing
- Durable 304 stainless steel construction
- Reinforced side banding for extra strength
- 600 micron mesh for optimal filtration
- Easy to mount, lift, and secure
- Multi-use: beer, wine, kombucha, tea
Large Capacity for High-Performance Brewing
This large, heavy duty, Hop Spider stainless mesh filter basket kit comes in two heights, providing a whopping 20L or 5 gallon, or 27L or 7 gallon of volume. Use it to add brewing hops to beer wort or using it with flavorings in making wine or brewing tea or to brew kombucha or making other beverages. Having this much space in the wort, brew or wine is helpful for brewing excellent IPAs or other high hops brew or making other flavorful beverages.
Built Tough with Reinforced Stainless Steel
Constructed from 304 stainless steel, this hop spider features extra banding support along the sides for added strength and durability. Designed to handle heavy loads without warping or collapsing.
Multi-Purpose Brewing Filter
Use this filter basket for:
- Beer brewing (wort hopping & dry hopping)
- Wine flavoring additions
- Kombucha tea brewing
- Herbal and specialty beverage infusions
Easy Setup & Flexible Mounting Options
- Rest the hop spider directly on your kettle using the built-in arm
- Attach to a hoist using the included stainless quick link
- Secure to kettle or fermenter with the side hook
For deeper immersion, an optional stainless cable kit can be used to suspend the spider further into your brew (contact us to have this built for you; let us know the total length you want, including the two long-link stainless quick links that we will provide, cost will be about CAD40/USD30).
Dry Hopping Made Simple
The hop spider can be used after yeast addition by suspending it inside compatible fermenters using sanitary caps with hooks.
Tip: Sanitize easily by leaving it in the fermenter during the boil (BREWHA system compatible).
Better Than Traditional Hop Bags
Unlike hop bags, this rigid stainless design:
- Maintains shape when removed
- Prevents squeezing unwanted particles back into the brew
- Improves clarity and reduces trub contamination
Optimize Extraction & Brewing Performance
- 600 micron mesh balances filtration and flow
- Keeps hops contained while allowing maximum liquid movement
- Prevents excessive yeast and trub buildup
- Stir occasionally during brewing for best extraction
- Keep mostly submerged to avoid surface clogging
Product Specifications
- Material: 304 Stainless Steel
- Mesh Size: 600 micron (≈30 mesh)
Dimensions:
- 27L (7 gal): 43 cm (17") height
- 20L (5 gal): 34 cm (13.5") height
- Diameter (both): 29 cm (11.4")
Recommended Capacity
- Up to 700g (24 oz) whole leaf hops (20L is about 30% less)
- Up to 1400g (48 oz) hop pellets (20L is about 30% less)
A 600 micron pore size (about 30 mesh) is a good compromise between keeping your hops out of the brew, while letting maximum water pass through and minimal yeast or trub coating the sides. During the brew it is recommended to stir occasionally for full extraction. At the surface of the brew, yeast or other solids from the wort can coat the mesh so it is best to keep it almost fully immersed where possible so fluids can easily pass through the mesh and the high level of yeast at the top doesn't coast the mesh.
Hop Spider vs Hop Basket
Looking for a smaller option?
Our Hop Basket (≈4L / 1 gallon) features:
- Screw-on lid
- Slightly larger 1mm mesh
- Solid bottom design
- 1000 mesh screen (1mm)
Best for homebrew setups (5–15 gallon batches), while the Hop Spider is preferred for larger or commercial brewing.
This is a nice bit of gear. Well built and sturdy. Great for up to 1bbl brew kettles. I bought it for my 2bbl setup though hoping it would work but its just too small for that and my whirlpool hops just dont get the contact time, as it quickly setles with the basket No fault of the product though. Great value for price.
Works great to keep hops and other solid adjuncts out of my chiller. For reference, I'm brewing 3 bbl batches.
Haven't used it yet,but was just what I need.Just as described.Very high quality.
Bought this for my 1BBL kettle and so glad I did. Easy to clean. Highly recommend.
Just finished a batch of IPA using the large hop spider for dry hopping suspended in my fermenter with Nathan’s new cap design (has a welded eye to attach the hop spider) beer has noticeably more aroma,less hop debris,and a easier clean up overall beer is clearer,and bursting with big hoppy flavour my opinion there is no better way to dry hop in the brewha system
I purchased the large brew spider to help contain hops in my HERMS/whirlpool setup. The spider is durably constructed and was a perfect addition to my brew system. I whirlpool and run the wort through plate chiller which cannot accept large amounts of leaf hops without clogging. The spider is perfect for me. It isolates the hops in the boil and provides a perfect sparge basket after the boil as I suspend it in the boil kettle and raise it up during sparging. Thanks for a well built tool for my brewing.
I have tried many ways to utilize hops in the large 90L BIAC over the past 4.5 years that I have owned the BIAC... no bags, paint strainer bags, hop bags, two 300 micron hop baskets. Since the BIAC uses an all in one system, I want the majority of the hop material out while fermenting if possible. The two 300 micron baskets I was using was too tight to get the hop utilization I wanted. When I saw this new 600 micron hop basket that Nathan was selling, I emailed him concerned that 600 was too big. He told me that his small micro-brewery customers asked for this size as they thought it was the best. I have now done three 11 gallon batches with it brewing IIPA's using 14, 15 and 17 ounces of hops in the combined boil/whirlpool. All I can say is that it is the BEST system of hop debris removal that I have tried to date. The 600 micron basket is optimal, I think, using hop pellets when brewing in the BIAC. If using lots of hops pellets like I do in my IIPA's (and I brew alone and am old), the basket can get heavy so I use a simple pulley system to lift the basket out, let it drain, then hoist it out after the wort has drained. I highly recommend this basket as an upgrade to the amazing BIAC. You won't be disappointed with the purchase.
We have done several batches with the large hop spiders and I must say I get better hop utilization from them. I previously was using nylon paint strainer bags and they were doing ok but these spiders are awesome! We brew 2bbl batches and I have yet to overload these spiders. We do some NEIPA’s that takes a few pounds of whirlpool hops and they come out better using the spiders than with the strainer bags! Well spent!
These big hop spiders work great! We use three for our big IPAs and they really limit the amount of hop debris. The increase in yield is well worth the investment.
We bought the hop spider to use as a replacement for the four small hop baskets with the lids. We found that the small hop baskets could only hold about 10 ounces of pelletized hops each and we were running out of space on the bigger beers. We also found that this is perfect way to introduce fruits and spices into the brew without having to deal with the additional trub. We have a 5 bbl BIAC and this was a good buy, it helped the process and the product.
I am actually using this for straining my honey into the holding tank after extracting! This works great!
