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Originally Posted by WheatBeerBlows
I wish we'd used a colander! We have a funnel with a filter insert (fermenter is a BB carboy), but that clogged up in about 15 seconds so we just pulled it out. We did leave as much gunk in the pot as possible, but this first beer is NOT going to be crystal clear.
We had a few (several) krausen/airlock explosions (thank Ninkasi we had it sitting in a bath tub), and all of the sticky spots also have little tiny bits of hops.
I can't believe it did not occur to us to stick a sanitized colander in the funnel. Next batch!
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Yes, it will still be clear. Believe it or not, the stuff (hops debris, cold break, hot break and the like) will just settle out with the trub.
Don't worry about straining the wort or removing the stuff. If you want to, that's fine. But it's a PITA sometimes when strainers clog. I don't bother at all.
Well, I have to say I usually don't strain my wort, unless I have like 6 ounces of leaf hops that will clog up my pump! And even then I don't strain it- I just bag those leaf hops. I never bag my pellets and all of my cold break goes right into the fermenter since I have a counter-flow chiller.
The amount of floaties in the wort doesn't have a thing to do with the final beer clarity, as all of that stuff settles out with the trub.
I use whirlfloc in the kettle (Irish moss in a tablet form) and get a good hot break and cold break. That's it- no other clarifiers. I don't strain my wort. here's a picture of an IPA:
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