After several batches, I thought my wort to fermentor bucket/carboy was perfect. I was able to leave 90% of the trub behind.
....until the past 2 batches.
Enter trub and almost all of it. I cant seperate it. I dont even know what I did differently. I cool 3gallons of wort down in my sink surround by ice. This takes it to 90 degress in about 20min. Then I slowly pick up the wort out of the water, sit on the counter and let it sit another 20min to make its settled. Finally, I sanitize my siphon and drain the wort into the fermentor. The trub wont settle. Whats the trick?
I do use wirfloc tablets 20minutes before end of boil. But maybe here is my problem. Wirfloc is for clarity and not coagulation? I should be dropping some gypsum in there?
Did I just answer my own question? And if so, the next one would be what happens if you drop your entire wort, trub and all into the fermentor, repercussions? Or just let it settle, rack to secondary and all is forgiven?
Thanks for any thoughts fellas.
....until the past 2 batches.
Enter trub and almost all of it. I cant seperate it. I dont even know what I did differently. I cool 3gallons of wort down in my sink surround by ice. This takes it to 90 degress in about 20min. Then I slowly pick up the wort out of the water, sit on the counter and let it sit another 20min to make its settled. Finally, I sanitize my siphon and drain the wort into the fermentor. The trub wont settle. Whats the trick?
I do use wirfloc tablets 20minutes before end of boil. But maybe here is my problem. Wirfloc is for clarity and not coagulation? I should be dropping some gypsum in there?
Did I just answer my own question? And if so, the next one would be what happens if you drop your entire wort, trub and all into the fermentor, repercussions? Or just let it settle, rack to secondary and all is forgiven?
Thanks for any thoughts fellas.