Trub or no Trub

ChandlerBang · 10-27-2010, 09:48 PM

The trub at the bottom of the brew pot. Intructions in the Brewer's Best kit says to avoid transferring that to the fermenter. I buddy that used to brew a long time ago, said you want all that crap in the primary.

I'm tossing this one up to the HBT gods.

**lamarguy** · 10-27-2010, 09:50 PM

Hot break, no. Cold break, yes.

**GilaMinumBeer** · 10-27-2010, 09:53 PM

The GODS say find new buddy.

But give him copy of;

http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue2.2/barchet.html

http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue1.4/barchet.html

Friends should not let friends brew bad beer.

**WortMonger** · 10-27-2010, 09:53 PM

Ale or lager? Either way it won't make bad beer, but typically the only style that you absolutely wouldn't want the trub in is a light lager. Otherwise... I would dump it all in. Trub has stuff in it that the yeast can use, and you will be transferring off of the trub once fermentation is done anyways. If you can get it in the fermenter without it then fine, but I wouldn't worry if you did. I dump my entire kettle into my fermenter and have great beers (last two were lagers and did have chill haze but.... who cares if they taste great).

**GilaMinumBeer** · 10-27-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by WortMonger

Ale or lager? Either way it won't make bad beer, but typically the only style that you absolutely wouldn't want the trub in is a light lager. Otherwise... I would dump it all in. Trub has stuff in it that the yeast can use, and you will be transferring off of the trub once fermentation is done anyways. If you can get it in the fermenter without it then fine, but I wouldn't worry if you did. I dump my entire kettle into my fermenter and have great beers (last two were lagers and did have chill haze but.... who cares if they taste great).

Freakin' Northerners!

<<<<< Ducks into the shadows of Mercy Hospital.

cenla · 10-27-2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WortMonger

I dump my entire kettle into my fermenter and have great beers (last two were lagers and did have chill haze but.... who cares if they taste great).

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Originally Posted by GilaMinumBeer

Freakin' Northerners!

<<<<< Ducks into the shadows of Mercy Hospital.

I dump my kettle into the fermentor too, and haven't had any problems. And I'm a Southerner.

Oh, and the word you were looking for was Yankee.

**Airborneguy** · 10-27-2010, 11:24 PM

I dump it all in, every time, and I am a Yankee!

Like autolysis, and the need for secondary, this is one of those issues that you just have to decide on your own; everyone will give you a different opinion.

I always say accept every opinion except for the guy who says, "You have to do it this way or else..."

**Yooper** · 10-27-2010, 11:28 PM

Even if you have a ton of crud, it'll compact in the fermenter. Some people choose to strain it out, some don't. Either way is fine. I brewed over 200 batches without straining. The only reason I have to be more careful now is my new system- I have a pump and CFC and it clogs pretty easily so I have been using hops bags and a "hopblocker" on the ballvalve.

You know what? The beers are no better (or worse) than the first 250 batches. So, in my experience, it really doesn't matter a bit if you strain out the hops/coldbreak/hotbreak or not.

GSM · 10-28-2010, 12:25 AM

if he's using a extract kit how much hot break could there be????

Ineedaride2 · 10-28-2010, 12:35 AM

Interesting. I'm not -too- concerned about it when I transfer to primary, but I do try to leave the bulk of the trub in the cook pot to toss out.

I may dump it all in next batch just to see what happens.

.....even though I hate to mess up my first oatmeal stout....