A lot of solids

[Crohnnie]

I'm doing a batch of 5 gallons with 5# wheat 4#barley. There are a lot of solids after squeezing and sparging. I squeezed and sparged a ton. Are these just residual proteins? Should I have strained them out?

 

[C-Rider]

I'd say just let the yeast do it's job. Most will settle out in time. But wheat's are gonna be cloudy. Don't rush the ferment.

 

[RM-MN]

I'm doing a batch of 5 gallons with 5# wheat 4#barley. There are a lot of solids after squeezing and sparging. I squeezed and sparged a ton. Are these just residual proteins? Should I have strained them out?

With a fine milling and lots of squeezing you probably got a bunch of grain flour. No problem, it will settle out at the end of the fermentation. By the time I'm done with squeezing and sparging, my wort looks like milk but the beer turns out clear.

 

[Crohnnie]

Thanks, cheers

 

[PADave]

What kind of bag are you using?

 

[Crohnnie]

Muslin bags from the lhbs

 

[wilserbrewer]

Muslin bags from the lhbs

Muslin is rather coarse with large openings that will pass a lot of solids to your wort.

Paint strainer bags are a bit finer weave, are cheap but don't last too long.

Polyester voile fabric is much finer, and much more durable, and helps to retain a lot of fines from passing to the wort.

 

[PADave]

Muslin is rather coarse with large openings that will pass a lot of solids to your wort.

Paint strainer bags are a bit finer weave, are cheap but don't last too long.

Polyester voile fabric is much finer, and much more durable, and helps to retain a lot of fines from passing to the wort.

...and Wilserbrewer bags are just plain awesome! I can't imagine doing BIAB with a muslin bag. That just sounds like a mess.

 

[Mer-man]

I use a wilserbrewer bag. I put all the kettle into the fermenter and what always appears an alarmingly tall pile of trub turns into ~2-3cm of compacted stuff by the end of fermentation. Just don't rack it