Hebby5
Well-Known Member
I know that Capt. Kirk had Trouble with Tribbles but tonight was ridiculous.
Sometimes I strain the wort as it goes into the fermentor and sometimes I don't. My last creation was an IPA and I did NOT strain the wort AND dry hopped 1oz Cascade and 1oz Amarillo. I had major clogging of my bottling wand. I wrote into HBT and someone had a great idea of using a Muslin bag on the end of the auto-siphon to reduce the trub from getting into the bottling bucket. It worked until the bottom 1/3 of the bucket. Started to clog and my 5 year old relentlessly asked me to help him pass his current level on Angry Birds. Ugh as Charlie Brown would say! So in a minute of rage I took a fine strainer and sanitized it and just poured the rest of the beer through it into the bottling bucket. I did stir it a bit after I was done to make sure the priming sugar dissolved into the beer thoroughly.
I hope I didn't mess up this batch too much.
Thoughts?
And as always, thanks in advance.
Chris
Ps. I will make it a point to strain the wort before hitting the fermentor and will be using a muslin or hop bag for dry hopping in the future.
Sometimes I strain the wort as it goes into the fermentor and sometimes I don't. My last creation was an IPA and I did NOT strain the wort AND dry hopped 1oz Cascade and 1oz Amarillo. I had major clogging of my bottling wand. I wrote into HBT and someone had a great idea of using a Muslin bag on the end of the auto-siphon to reduce the trub from getting into the bottling bucket. It worked until the bottom 1/3 of the bucket. Started to clog and my 5 year old relentlessly asked me to help him pass his current level on Angry Birds. Ugh as Charlie Brown would say! So in a minute of rage I took a fine strainer and sanitized it and just poured the rest of the beer through it into the bottling bucket. I did stir it a bit after I was done to make sure the priming sugar dissolved into the beer thoroughly.
I hope I didn't mess up this batch too much.
Thoughts?
And as always, thanks in advance.
Chris
Ps. I will make it a point to strain the wort before hitting the fermentor and will be using a muslin or hop bag for dry hopping in the future.