Texas_Flood
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I'm going to make another batch of my imperial IPA and was wondering how to get rid of the kettle trub in the primary. Normally I put a coarse mesh bag over a double mesh strainer and call it a day. Also getting rid of the hot/cold break material might be nice. Naturally I was thinking of doubling up on a fine course bag and letting it drip but that's prolonging time for infection.
I started to remember my courses in school (science in particular) and a method of vacuum filtration. More specifically the buchner vacuum method. I thought it might be advantageous since so much wort is lost to hop absorption and if the vacuum could dry crystals why not hops? If I remember correctly from school it will also do a nice job of aerating the wort as well. Obviously I won't be filtering through a 1 or .5 micron filter like keg filtering. Just enough to clear up the boil trub. I will be trying it out in a week or two.
Thoughts?
I started to remember my courses in school (science in particular) and a method of vacuum filtration. More specifically the buchner vacuum method. I thought it might be advantageous since so much wort is lost to hop absorption and if the vacuum could dry crystals why not hops? If I remember correctly from school it will also do a nice job of aerating the wort as well. Obviously I won't be filtering through a 1 or .5 micron filter like keg filtering. Just enough to clear up the boil trub. I will be trying it out in a week or two.
Thoughts?