HI-
One my second batch of beer right now. Just had some questions about hot break.
The main thing I want to know is-- how important is it to eliminate this? Is it OK to just pass it along to the conical fermentor, let it set a few hours and do a trub dump before adding yeast (or even after)?
Also, I have a homemade hop stopper and a hopback inline before a CFC. I have heard that hops work as a filter for trub, but how much of a filter are they? Is it better to use pellet hops (I have so far always used leaf hops) for filtering out hot break? How much of a difference would a hopback make for filtering break material? Should I recirculate with the pump for some time so things get packed onto the hopstopper and form a more effective barrier before putting the hopback inline?
What about whirlpooling? I don't see myself as being able to do this with my current setup. I love the added hop flavor from the hopback, but is the "Jamilochiller" method really superior... can I get equal hop flavor knowing that my flameout hops will really be essentially 5 minute or 3 minute hops instead of ?
If hot trub removal is very critical, does it make sense for me to buy a "bright tank" type vessel that I pump through the CFC into instead of directly into the fermentor, so I can get a whirlpool going?
And finally, I ordered a plate chiller... I don't get any leaf debris through my setup, but is hot break enough to clog a chiller like this?
Just some questions- I am hoping someone will just say "you're fine" and just dumping trub from the conical should be enough.
Klaus
One my second batch of beer right now. Just had some questions about hot break.
The main thing I want to know is-- how important is it to eliminate this? Is it OK to just pass it along to the conical fermentor, let it set a few hours and do a trub dump before adding yeast (or even after)?
Also, I have a homemade hop stopper and a hopback inline before a CFC. I have heard that hops work as a filter for trub, but how much of a filter are they? Is it better to use pellet hops (I have so far always used leaf hops) for filtering out hot break? How much of a difference would a hopback make for filtering break material? Should I recirculate with the pump for some time so things get packed onto the hopstopper and form a more effective barrier before putting the hopback inline?
What about whirlpooling? I don't see myself as being able to do this with my current setup. I love the added hop flavor from the hopback, but is the "Jamilochiller" method really superior... can I get equal hop flavor knowing that my flameout hops will really be essentially 5 minute or 3 minute hops instead of ?
If hot trub removal is very critical, does it make sense for me to buy a "bright tank" type vessel that I pump through the CFC into instead of directly into the fermentor, so I can get a whirlpool going?
And finally, I ordered a plate chiller... I don't get any leaf debris through my setup, but is hot break enough to clog a chiller like this?
Just some questions- I am hoping someone will just say "you're fine" and just dumping trub from the conical should be enough.
Klaus