WreckinBrewCo
Active Member
I've recently changed a lot of things with my brewing process and now I have a few questions.
I just had 2 holes drilled in my brew pot, one for a valve the other for a thermometer. I also got an immersion chiller and a pre-chiller. My whole thought process in doing all of this is to not move the beer at all after boiling. Just set it up on a stand let it cool off then transfer to a carboy via the valve. Hoping to leave a lot of the trub in the bottom of the pot and not in the carboy.
After 2 batches this has not worked so well. I just brewed an IPA last night, when I was transfering to the carboy i passed the wort through a screened funnel. It started clogging immediately. I eventually just removed the screen and dumped the chunky mess right into the carboy.
Side bar: this IPA had 8 oz of hops so there was a lot of hop debris and it was the first time I used Whirlfloc.
My questions are, is this hop debris bad to have in the carboy? Will it give me off tastes? Did I waste my money on the valve in the brew pot? Should i just Siphon to the carboy?
Thanks in advance,
I just had 2 holes drilled in my brew pot, one for a valve the other for a thermometer. I also got an immersion chiller and a pre-chiller. My whole thought process in doing all of this is to not move the beer at all after boiling. Just set it up on a stand let it cool off then transfer to a carboy via the valve. Hoping to leave a lot of the trub in the bottom of the pot and not in the carboy.
After 2 batches this has not worked so well. I just brewed an IPA last night, when I was transfering to the carboy i passed the wort through a screened funnel. It started clogging immediately. I eventually just removed the screen and dumped the chunky mess right into the carboy.
Side bar: this IPA had 8 oz of hops so there was a lot of hop debris and it was the first time I used Whirlfloc.
My questions are, is this hop debris bad to have in the carboy? Will it give me off tastes? Did I waste my money on the valve in the brew pot? Should i just Siphon to the carboy?
Thanks in advance,