I got this off of hbd.org
Graham sent 9 beers onto the second round of the NHC, so I believe he understand brewing a bit
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This is a question mainly for Graham Cox, but all others as well.
With all those placings at 1st Round (congrats btw), do you still just throw your all your kettle contents into the fermenter, trub and all?
I remember last year when a trub/non-trub experiment was taking place Graham mentioned pitching everything into the fermenter, trub and all, as well as a number of folks who ferment right in their brew pot.
Just getting an update if that's how you still do it, Graham. If so, it sure seems no reason to fret on whirpooling based on your results!
Graham Cox
Senior Member
Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 04:31 am:
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Chris, it's not quite that dramatic, but yeah, that's pretty much it.
I fit a large plastic funnel in the mouth of a 6-gallon carboy. I use a high-quality stainless-steel collander that fits right in the mouth of the funnel, and I pour the contents of my kettle through that. I have started using pellet hops exclusively due to the hop shortage and I do pour carefully to keep the very last dregs in the kettle, as it consists mostly of just hop sludge, but we're talking maybe a pint of volume. Everything else goes in the fermenter.