ACK! To much trub! Help!

I'm filling my carboy now, and this batch of fresh hops is clogging up the works!!

I have a basic syphon going, but it getting tons and tons of material into the carboy, is this going to be a problem? Should I rack to another container and then back to get some of this material out?

poor through a colander. Or some just dump it all into primary it will settel out in the end.

Its done, this is how much I'm talking about.



I dont have a funnel, I tried a hops bag, but it clogged really fast. Should I rack it?

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unionrdr said:

Is this carboy primary or secondary? I thought you may've been racking to secondary?...

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Primary, I have not pitched yet though.

OK you need to take a gravity reading now before anything else. Pic looks good did you use a whirlfloc tablet?

thats cold break man, check mine out from last weekend.



Same Beer 12 hours later


-=Jason=-

unionrdr said:

That's a lot of hot break material then. I thought it was done fermenting. If you could rack it to another carboy or ale pale,it'd be great. I started straining the chilled wort & top off water into my FV's a few brews ago. Way less trub in the FV that way.

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Is this an extract or all grain? I have seen alot more break in alot of pic on this site?

Oh btw cool it down to ferment temp pitch the yeast and you will have a great beer.

This is an all-grain, and it's at 1.065, about where I wanted it.

It does look just like Jason's pic, Ive just never had a hot brake be half of the carboy. Is this a RDWHAHB situation?

Flomaster said:

thats cold break man, check mine out from last weekend.

-=Jason=-

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My hot break material looks like that,like wet popcorn. Same as cold break,clumped up proteins,etc. I strain to get in the FV clean,but sheez. Looks like you guys ned to run it through a press or something. Skim off the curd,lolz.

newdamage1 said:

Its done, this is how much I'm talking about.

I dont have a funnel, I tried a hops bag, but it clogged really fast. Should I rack it?

imgur: the simple image sharer

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You got lots of cold break! It's fine. It'll compact down a LOT in the trub and leave nice clear beer in the end.

newdamage1 said:

This is an all-grain, and it's at 1.065, about where I wanted it.

It does look just like Jason's pic, Ive just never had a hot brake be half of the carboy. Is this a RDWHAHB situation?

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Prime example

I stopped worrying about what it looks like when it goes into the carboy. My last few brews have looked like chunky, murky pond water going in but have been coming out clear (with a few inches of trub left behind at the bottom of the primary).

Thanks for the super fast responses, most appreciated. It's pitched and she' sitting at 65.

The hotbreak was already down to 1/4 of the carboy from almost a half, its always something new...

Perfect temp make sure it stays there once the yeast get started.