Filtering wort from Foundry to fermenter

[jdauria]

I uusally turn the pick up tube in the Foundry slightly (in the opposite directiion of which way the whirlpool will be going) so it is not facing straight down before brewing and brew 2.75 gallon batches for my 2.5 gallon fermenters, so I can leave some wort behind. Then after the boil, I whirlpool during chilling and for 5 more minutes after pulling the worth chiller, then let the wort sit for 30 minutes to settle. Then I turn the valve so it's facing farther up and leave it there until it starts to run dry and slowly turn it back down. Usually I only get an inch or so of trub in the fermenter. However, most of the beers I brew are under 3 ounces of hops. When I make an IPA, which is rarely, I use a hop spider.

Another option, and this was a big thing on the Low Oxygen brewing site, is transffering your beer to a fermenter, let it settle, then transfer it out, via closed transfer, to a second fermenter, leaving all the trub that has settled behind. Did that a few times here and there.

 

[Bassman2003]

Another option, and this was a big thing on the Low Oxygen brewing site, is transffering your beer to a fermenter, let it settle, then transfer it out, via closed transfer, to a second fermenter, leaving all the trub that has settled behind. Did that a few times here and there.

That method makes ultra clear wort! It is kind of a pain, but can also help with chilling for lagers as you can let the fridge take care of the last 10 or so degrees. It does make your brewday two days though...

 

[mac_1103]

It does make your brewday two days though...

And leaves you one more thing to clean...

 

[Jose Diaz]

Here you go. Works really well, especially when the initial pull brings out anything close to the dip tube. Feel free to keep/remove as you see fit.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNTQQCC4?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

[RyPA]

Here you go. Works really well, especially when the initial pull brings out anything close to the dip tube. Feel free to keep/remove as you see fit.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNTQQCC4?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Thanks Jose, I am now torn after reading that preventing trub from getting into the fermenter likely has little to no impact to the finished product.

 

[Jose Diaz]

Thanks Jose, I am now torn after reading that preventing trub from getting into the fermenter likely has little to no impact to the finished product.

I get it. Since I don't use a hop spider, I usually only capture most of the heavy stuff that flows out at the beginning. Rest of the time is unfiltered. Hence, why... use at your discretion. You're in complete control of what goes in and what doesn't.

 

[Jose Diaz]

Thanks Jose, I am now torn after reading that preventing trub from getting into the fermenter likely has little to no impact to the finished product.

BTW, I noticed on another thread you were asking about floating dip tubes in the fermenter. Check this one out: https://a.co/d/hVV0kh4

 

[RyPA]

BTW, I noticed on another thread you were asking about floating dip tubes in the fermenter. Check this one out: https://a.co/d/hVV0kh4

Thats the one that I use in my all rounder, and I love it. I may have been asking about a floating dip tube for the kettle, but I forget.