NewTimer
Active Member
So I'm still new to home brewing and I mostly do extract with grain brewing. So far my first three beers have come out great but they are definitely cloudy, one was a wheat so not a big deal, but the others would have been nicer with a little more clarity. I use hop pellets with hop bags, which is a pain doing multiple hop additions, but when I cool the wort there is inevitably some particulate in the bottom that makes its way into the fermenter. I want to do an IPA next so I'd really like to do away with bags and do more of a continuous hopping. That being said I'm sure I'm in for loads of stuff in the bottom of the kettle and probably all through out the wort. I've heard of the whirl pool method of gathering the sediment in the middle but I did that last time and unless I leave about a half gallon of wort in the kettle it still flows out. I'm sure I'm not doing it quite right so could someone help me understand this idea better or any other methods of clearing my beer? Much appreciation in advance.