Biab

[Brinck17]

So this past weekend I brewed my first BIAB brand new kettle. So I was tossing a lot of hop pellets straight in and I totally clogged the bazooka filter. whoops. The end result being I used my syphon and a lot of the hop residue made it into the primary (like an inch and a half has dropped out of suspension in my 6.5 gal bucket).
could this cause any problems with flavor? or just less final product?

 

[Sadu]

I did a bit of reading on this and the general concensus seems to be that filtering is optional. Some people like to clear out all the gunk before it goes into the ferm, others say the gunk adds to the flavour and to leave it in.

Personally I tried filtering via 2x sanitised sieves and it just made more mess, took longer, more stuff to cleanup afterwards and for marginal benefit. Maybe for something hoppy like an IPA I'd be more careful but for the stuff I brew with 1-2oz of hops I'd rather have the shorter / easier brew day.

Hard to say about losing beer to the hops. My brews have all had thick solids layers at the bottom, including the ones that I strained. YMMV.

 

[Junk-Man]

I typically just dump the whole kettle into the fermenter trub and all. I just did a 6 oz Smash IPA this way but I have done the same with a really clean lager without any major ill affects.
Could I get a slightly cleaner beer by filtering? quite possibly, but im already in the "you brewed this?!" area when friends taste my brews (best feeling ever btw) and there are other areas I'm more concentrated on as far as prcocess revision goes (particularly mash tempertaure control and efficiency)
If you can filter, and you want to, then do. but the extra hops in your bucket aren't gonna hurt your beer this time around.

cheers

 

[Beer-lord]

I use a tight strainer when going from the kettle to the fermenter and I commando hop so it removes lots of funk but, I also cold crash before kegging and this really, really helps me get clear beer into the keg. 24 hours at 34 degrees helps.
I also find the strainer helps aerate the wort going into the fermenter.

 

[bob1]

I like ultra-light lagers and I freaked out the first time I did one in BIAB. The wort was so nasty looking compared to the volaufed wort I had in the past. I dumped the kettle right into the fermenter and the beer came out just fine after racking and kegging. I really couldnt see a difference in the finished product at all. I also get a bit of spent hops in the primary and am never worse off for it.

 

[PADave]

I do BIAB and never worried about hops getting into the primary. After 3 weeks everything is settled out. Combine time with also using whirlfloc and my brews pour out of the bottle nice and clear.

 

[Brinck17]

Thanks for all the replies Don't worry and have a homebrew. Copy that

 

[FatDragon]

My kettle doesn't have a valve, it's just a big pot. After I chill my wort, I pick the whole blasted thing up and dump every last bit of wort and trub into the fermenter. It makes for big trub cakes at the bottom of the fermenter and it probably affects the clarity of my beer, but it doesn't have any other negative effects. If you want greater clarity, a 5-7 day cold crash and gelatin fining treatment should do the trick.

 

[Chris_Primavera]

This post seems to indicate that it doesn't matter. I have dumped everything on some batches and siphoned others - I cannot tell the difference and have gotten clear beer either way. You lose a little wort by siphoning for an alleged risk to quality.