betacrash
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I am on my third batch and I feel like things are getting away from me. I have a couple of questions.
1) My last two batches I have added irish moss the last 15 minutes of the boil. Do I need to filter that out while pouring into the primary fermenter?
2) Also in the last two batches the instructions required that I throw the flavor and aroma hops directly into the pot. Do these also need to be filtered out?
3) When transferring from the primary to the bottling bucket how do you maximize the amount of beer that you transfer? When I just transfered my last batch I missed out on about a half gallon or more since the yeast on the bottom was so thick (about 3 inches) and I had so many floaters from the hops and irish moss.
When transfering from the pot to the primary I tried using a large funnel with a screen but the screen gets clogged instantly. So I used a slotted collandar on top of a small holed collandar. Some irish moss and trub got through. HOW CAN I GET THESE FLOATERS OUT!?!?!?
1) My last two batches I have added irish moss the last 15 minutes of the boil. Do I need to filter that out while pouring into the primary fermenter?
2) Also in the last two batches the instructions required that I throw the flavor and aroma hops directly into the pot. Do these also need to be filtered out?
3) When transferring from the primary to the bottling bucket how do you maximize the amount of beer that you transfer? When I just transfered my last batch I missed out on about a half gallon or more since the yeast on the bottom was so thick (about 3 inches) and I had so many floaters from the hops and irish moss.
When transfering from the pot to the primary I tried using a large funnel with a screen but the screen gets clogged instantly. So I used a slotted collandar on top of a small holed collandar. Some irish moss and trub got through. HOW CAN I GET THESE FLOATERS OUT!?!?!?