Do you have to modify a brew kettle so it has a filter like a mash tun?

[Beer Viking]

I will be doing all grain batches and I will be batch sparging. I won't be doing BIAB so will I need to modify my brew kettle so no bits of hops get into my primary?

 

[Jag75]

Do you have a valve on your kettle ? Do a whirlpool and sludge will form up at the bottom . Shouldn't be an issue . Some people pour everything into the fv .

 

[Beer Viking]

I'm going to be getting one with a valve. What is the easiest way to whirlpool?

 

[grampamark]

I'm going to be getting one with a valve. What is the easiest way to whirlpool?

Stir it with your Big Ass Spoon. You are getting a Big Ass Spoon, aren’t you?

 

[FromZwolle]

the 'easiest' way is with a pump. the cheap and easy way is to stirr it up with a mash paddle or a spoon carved from the bones of your enemies.

 

[Beer Viking]

Thanks! I already have a big ass spoon! When should I do the whirlpool? Before or after cooling the wort?

 

[FromZwolle]

Thanks! I already have a big ass spoon! When should I do the whirlpool? Before or after cooling the wort?

i whirlpool while i'm chiling with my immersion chiller.

 

[Beer Viking]

So do you put your IC in and then start whirlpooling and then give it a few mins to settle or what?

 

[FromZwolle]

So do you put your IC in and then start whirlpooling and then give it a few mins to settle or what?

IC goes in 15 minutes before the boil ends to sanitize, then start the whirlpool at flameout. I continue to poolin until i've hit my pitching temps, then pump into the fermenter instead of back into the boil kettle.

 

[Beer Viking]

Thanks that's just what I wanted to know!