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Thanks for the tip! Lots of good threads on this, I wasn't sure what it was called (blow off)

Grass lake bridge very close indeed. Many a prop claimed in that lake!!

Working on 3rd batch here. I basically just tried to refine my technique of the 2nd batch as I enjoyed it so much. I did a few things differently, like reducing the temp of the wort to a pitchable range much more quickly with a ice water bath, I strained from brew kettle to fermenter. I ended...

I am actually in the far NW burbs (Volo) it is near the chain of lakes if you know where that is.

So then the whirfloc tablets would be responsible for what looked like protein dumplings that were in the fermented wort when I checked it after fermentation had been completed?? What is the best way to be rid of that?? I was just thinking to strain it as it went from fermenter to secondary...

Thanks in advance to any who reply...:mug: I just brewed my second batch (strong belgian trippel style). I don't think I used the whirfloc tabs correctly. I put them into the wort after the boil was done and before I put the wort into the fermenter. Everything went into the fermenter fine...

Hi everyone, newbie brewer from Chi town here. So much great stuff to read and learn!