frenchtoasted
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So I am still struggling to reduce the amount of trub from entering my fermenter. At this point I am just using a piece of copper pipe angled to pick up from the side, but I am getting a crazy amount of trub in my fermenter.
Whirl pooling by means of a spoon is damn near impossible with the heating element and probes in the kettle. I am using an immersion chiller now, but I am going to be swapping over to a counter flow in the near future. I am also using whirlfloc, but even flowing slow, alot of the break material and hops are flowing into the fermenter.
-will scooping out the "floop" or skimming the proteins just before boil make a difference?
Will it effect the taste of the beer?
I am considering either:
-1) adding a side pickup tube and recirculating for 15 minutes or so after boil is complete to try to gather the material in the middle of the kettle then pulling the wort from the side.
Or
-2) Purchasing the hop blocker screen. I am just a bit hesitant on using this because of the risk of clogging. It just seems like that screen would clog and take forever to drain.
I am really looking for some help here
Having all that material in my Carboy unjust can't be good!!!
Whirl pooling by means of a spoon is damn near impossible with the heating element and probes in the kettle. I am using an immersion chiller now, but I am going to be swapping over to a counter flow in the near future. I am also using whirlfloc, but even flowing slow, alot of the break material and hops are flowing into the fermenter.
-will scooping out the "floop" or skimming the proteins just before boil make a difference?
Will it effect the taste of the beer?
I am considering either:
-1) adding a side pickup tube and recirculating for 15 minutes or so after boil is complete to try to gather the material in the middle of the kettle then pulling the wort from the side.
Or
-2) Purchasing the hop blocker screen. I am just a bit hesitant on using this because of the risk of clogging. It just seems like that screen would clog and take forever to drain.
I am really looking for some help here
Having all that material in my Carboy unjust can't be good!!!