Trub killed my volume [help]

[Blu3Ridge]

I'm frustrated. After my flame-out and racking into my carboy, the trub from the hops probably removed a 3/4s a gallon of my IPA after running my wort through a filter into a 5 gallon carboy.

What's the solution? Next time should I tell BeerSmith I'm making 6 gallons of an IPA as I'm clearly going to be reduced by a gallon of my volume due to trub??

 

[Hammy71]

Ahh, yes. IPA's typically use a large volume of hops and the hops love to suck up wort. So, you can take 4.25 gallons in you fermenter or do as you suggested: Make a larger batch to compensate for the hop absorption. I do the latter.

 

[cheezydemon3]

The price we pay!!!

 

[RainyDay]

Indeed. Deal with a smaller batch or make a bigger one

 

[Blu3Ridge]

Thanks, good to know. I just didn't want to make sure I was over looking a better filtering technique, like using a hopback.