enohcs
Well-Known Member
Once your cooled wort is in your fermentor, are you letting the break material and excess trub settle for a dump prior to pitching your yeast? If so, how long do you wait for the settling to occur before dumping?
Once your cooled wort is in your fermentor, are you letting the break material and excess trub settle for a dump prior to pitching your yeast? If so, how long do you wait for the settling to occur before dumping?
Celticway said:I try to minimize that before it goes into my fermentor. What is your cooling method?
samc said:I'm of the opinion that cold break material is good for fermentation, so I left mine in for a week or so when I used a conical.
enohcs said:I use a blichmann plate chiller. One of the best homebrew investments I ever made.
Celticway said:If you want to remove as much break as you can, you can cool and pump back into your kettle (if it has a false bottom) and use some whole hops sometime in your boil. It will act as a filter. Then when the kettle contents is at pitch temps, then pump to your fermentor.
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