Cold Break Inclusion

[Aspera]

I recently made a beer recipe that called for a large amount of both adjunct and hops. I sent the sparge (batch) through quickly and had an incredibly large cold break when I chilled the beer down. I couldn't bear to though away even a tiny bit of this very clear beer and sent the hop rich cold break to the primary (deliberately). Will this affect the flavor? I don't think that the yeast needed all that protein and wonder it my beer will be excessively bitter now.

Should I have left all of the cold break behind (precipitated at about 65 F)

 

[BlindLemonLars]

You'll be fine...lots of us routinely dump or pump everything into the fermenter and end up with wonderful beer. I use a hop bag, but nearly all the break material ends up in my carboys. Sometimes there is a good 4-5 inches of fluffy white break at the bottom, but it quickly settles and by the time fermentation is complete it has compacted down to a 1/4" layer.

 

[Aspera]

Thanks. Great Avatar pic.