Have any of you guys tried making a "hop tea" for your hop additions instead of tossing pellets into the boil? Reason I ask is that when running a 10 gallon batch through a chill plate, there's a tendency to clog up the works and bring the whole process to a standstill. At a minimum, I'm going back to packing hops into a muslin bag ... but I've been wondering if there is any chemical downside to boiling and filtering pellets to create a "tea" in order to eliminate hob debris and minimize the stuff that gets passed through the chill plate. Even if I have to increase the ounces of pellets to achieve the desired IBU's, I'm thinking it might be worth a try. Will probably experiment with a 5-gallon batch.