I'm recent all grain convert (just did my fourth one over the weekend). This is not really an all grain issue though.
My current setup is that I chill with an immersion chiller, then drain the kettle to a carboy. I love not having to pour. The thing is that about an inch of break material ends up on the bottom of my carboy. I brew with whole hops as a general rule. I had heard that whole flowers tend to latch on to that break material, but this doesn't really seem to be the case, whether I drain to the carboy or pour.
My idea was to maybe drain to my bottling bucket, let it settle for an hour or two, then drain it to the carboy and pitch. That would also have the benefit of giving me a way of knowing exaclty how much beer I made. Does anyone else do this? Or considered it and decided not to? What does everyone else do about break material?
My current setup is that I chill with an immersion chiller, then drain the kettle to a carboy. I love not having to pour. The thing is that about an inch of break material ends up on the bottom of my carboy. I brew with whole hops as a general rule. I had heard that whole flowers tend to latch on to that break material, but this doesn't really seem to be the case, whether I drain to the carboy or pour.
My idea was to maybe drain to my bottling bucket, let it settle for an hour or two, then drain it to the carboy and pitch. That would also have the benefit of giving me a way of knowing exaclty how much beer I made. Does anyone else do this? Or considered it and decided not to? What does everyone else do about break material?