I do not have a pump, but have always attempted a spin driven whirlpool. I have NEVER come even CLOSE to having a nice pyramid of trub. Every time i've drained i've ended up with a very liquidy layer of crap on the bottom that just shoots up the cane or out the valve. I've whirled fast, whirled slow, tried draining while spinning, tried draining after 15mins, and tried draining after 30+mins.
What's the trick? I would like to get a pump and a return so that I may whirl pool for late additions, keep the wort flowing across my IC, and finally to make my trub pile so that I may extract the optimum amount of wort. But it almost all seems for not if I can't ever get a pyramid.
JER
What's the trick? I would like to get a pump and a return so that I may whirl pool for late additions, keep the wort flowing across my IC, and finally to make my trub pile so that I may extract the optimum amount of wort. But it almost all seems for not if I can't ever get a pyramid.
JER