Easy Hop/Spice Addition Containers

A while ago I was shopping at Target. Waiting for my better half, I was just wandering around their bargain area and noticed a bunch of these plastic containers with The Avengers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on them for $1 each. I didn't know what I'd use them for, but I figured I could use them for brewing somehow and bought 6 of them. Before my next brew, I figured they'd make perfect hop addition containers. Since they've worked so well for me for several months, I figured I'd share what I did.

Supplies Needed:

• Round Containers (~2 cup size)
  
• Sharpie
  

The process is fairly simple, and you can probably guess it by looking at the picture. :

• Make lines on the containers (12, just like a clock). I made a template to make this easier.
• Write your most frequently used hop addition times on them, between the lines. I went with 60, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 3, and 0, but if you're a hop head, you may want to have more towards the beginning or end of the boil. You could even do 2 skewed towards the beginning, two skewed towards the end, and 2 with my all-purpose times.
• On the lid of each container, draw a line to use as your timing marker
  
• Profit?

Now, on brew day, just weigh out your hops/spice additions in the containers, and close the lid. Rotate the lid to the correct time. Voila! Easy peasy. I'm sure I'm not the first one to do this, but I hadn't seen it done before. If you find this helpful or have any questions, let me know in the comments.

Na zdrowie!