200 Micron Bag too Fine for Hops?

Northern Brewer General
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I use a 200 micron filter bag on my hop spider and have begun to wonder if it is too fine to let the hop goodness flavor the boiling wort. To my pallet, it seems like flavor and aroma is missing, despite long hop stands post boil.

I went with 200 micron to keep my plate chiller clean.

For those of you using spiders - what size bag are you using?

Is 200 micron too fine?

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I would think if water can pass through, so too can the hop oils. I know nothing about chemistry to know the size of a hop oil molecule and if it’s bigger than 200 microns so that’s just my gut feeling.