Grimm
Well-Known Member
How important is it to strain the wort before fermentation and what would not doing so add to the final result? Cloudy beer? Bitter taste? other off flavors?
When I brewed my first batch I didn't strain the wort before I poured it into my fermentation vessel. I am drinking the beer now and it's very tasty a bit bitter but it is an IPA so i don't find it over board. I noticed that it lacks in the hop flavor and aroma departments thought, and wonder if that is in part due to leaving the hop particulates from the boil in the fermenter.
I realize that straining should happen but i guess i'm trying to figure out the flavor impact of leaving the hop particulates in. and how it differs from dry hopping?
When I brewed my first batch I didn't strain the wort before I poured it into my fermentation vessel. I am drinking the beer now and it's very tasty a bit bitter but it is an IPA so i don't find it over board. I noticed that it lacks in the hop flavor and aroma departments thought, and wonder if that is in part due to leaving the hop particulates from the boil in the fermenter.
I realize that straining should happen but i guess i'm trying to figure out the flavor impact of leaving the hop particulates in. and how it differs from dry hopping?