Ok, here's the deal...
I brewed a Red Ale last week. At the last minute made a quick decision to toss 4 quarts home-canned peaches, syrup and and all, in the brewpot at flame out.
Don't EVEN ask the glaringly obvious "Why?" question, it just seemed like a good idea at the time - and no, I wasn't drinking... Yet.
Anyway, I cooled everything down, thru it all into a 6.5 gal. carboy for the primary without straining, pitched some English Ale yeast harvested from my last batch and off to the races.
Note: the peaches were pureed immediately prior to addition.
Now it's a week later...
The trub is a full SIX INCHES THICK! Tons of "peach slime" in the bottom. If I just rack off the beer above the gunk, I'm going to end up with a whopping 3 to 3.5 gallons.
Any suggestions on getting the good stuff out of the peach goo?!?!?!
Maybe some kind of strainer on the end of the siphon? I'm using a wine thief-type siphon starter, so I can actually pump the beer out if required.
Any input - except for 20/20 hindsight - is appreciated!
Hopsnort
I brewed a Red Ale last week. At the last minute made a quick decision to toss 4 quarts home-canned peaches, syrup and and all, in the brewpot at flame out.
Don't EVEN ask the glaringly obvious "Why?" question, it just seemed like a good idea at the time - and no, I wasn't drinking... Yet.
Anyway, I cooled everything down, thru it all into a 6.5 gal. carboy for the primary without straining, pitched some English Ale yeast harvested from my last batch and off to the races.
Note: the peaches were pureed immediately prior to addition.
Now it's a week later...
The trub is a full SIX INCHES THICK! Tons of "peach slime" in the bottom. If I just rack off the beer above the gunk, I'm going to end up with a whopping 3 to 3.5 gallons.
Any suggestions on getting the good stuff out of the peach goo?!?!?!
Maybe some kind of strainer on the end of the siphon? I'm using a wine thief-type siphon starter, so I can actually pump the beer out if required.
Any input - except for 20/20 hindsight - is appreciated!
Hopsnort