Whirlpool - The big How-To - Page 7

WBC · 09-15-2008, 03:53 PM

Thanks Kai. I guess servers drop the links to the pictures?

Kaiser · 09-15-2008, 04:05 PM

Some of the pictures are still in my gallery, but some are missing. Unsure what happened, but the wiki is more likely to be up to date.

Kai

davidstark · 03-28-2009, 12:43 PM

What is wrong with the pictures? deleted? :O

Kaiser · 03-28-2009, 01:46 PM

Check here: Whirlpooling - German Brewing Techniques

Kai

isleofman · 09-10-2009, 08:09 PM

nice! Thanks for the info. I have "whirlpooled" my last two AG batches, but I was unaware that you had to let it sit for 20 - 30 minutes. clearer beer, here I come.

SamBrewer · 09-11-2009, 05:26 PM

thanks Kai!! now I know what went wrong the first time i tried to whirpool !!

BioBeing · 09-11-2009, 06:01 PM

I had a big Eureka! moment on my last batch when I realised it was so much easier to take the IC out before trying to whirlpool! And time helps too - Stokes law ftw!

**greenbirds** · 09-11-2009, 06:44 PM

I have only gotten my whirlpool to work once. I have tried it with many beers and tend to to get a flat layer of trub on the pot bottom that comprises about 20% of the wort -- too much for me to sacrifice. I am wondering if I actually do get the cone of hot break, but the cold break settling on top of it obscures my view.

The only time it worked was with a hefeweizen where I did not add a whirlfloc tablet. My theory was that I did not get a get cold break due to this, so even after whirlpool + 30 minutes, the cold break was still suspended, allowing me to see the hot break cone once the wort/suspended cold break had been siphoned away.

Any thoughts?

millstone · 09-11-2009, 06:56 PM

I have never gotten my whirlpool to work. I have tried it with many beers and I also get a flat layer of trub on the pot bottom. After reading through all of this, I wonder if I'm letting it sit to long, I let it go for an hour + while I have lunch or cleanup. I'll have to try the 20-30 minutes routine and see how that works

thanks

tom

**Brew-boy** · 09-11-2009, 07:25 PM

I have tried this on my system and never seem to get it to work. All of the kettle pictures I have seen do not have anything sticking inside them like a probe or weldless fitting. When I try the whirlpool my probe seems to cut the vortex from forming. Any one else have this problem?