When I first started brewing 5-6 years ago, I always used a muslin bag. For the last 2-3 years, I have just thrown them in the boil. I figured I got better utilization and didn't have to mess with using/remembering to buy the muslin bags.
Well, I just brewed an IPL and used about 6oz's of hop pellets for a 5 gallon batch. I ended up yielding a little less then I would have hoped for and it just got me to thinking about trying to strain the hops again.
I know, I know...people are going to say, "just make a 6 or 6.5 gal batch instead of a 5". And that's what I kinda have been doing but recently, I'd like to be a little more efficient, for whatever reason...
So, what are you guys doing for your beers that have significant hop additions (>5oz per 5gal batch)?