Hop pellets on top of fermentation

[Westermans]

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All my krausen looks like it is hop pellet trub. Fermentation is going normal but I forgot to strain my wort before transferring into the 1gal fermenter.

Should I shake it to re suspend all the crushed hops sitting on top? Or let it ride and hope they fall after fermentation has stopped?

 

[d3track]

Let it ride, don't shake it at this point

 

[Sippin37]

Yeah don't touch it. Once you FG gravity is stable then throw that bad boy in the fridge for 2-3 days so all that crap sinks to the bottom and then siphon all the tasty beer from above the trub leaving it all behind.

 

[day_trippr]

I dry hop almost exclusively with free-swimming pellets, and I always give the carboys a rock or three to re-sink the pellet mush each day over the 4-5 days before I cold-crash it to the bottom.

Even though I'm absolutely anal about CO2-flushing the head space (heck - I hook up CO2 when I cold-crash so the fermenter doesn't suck in air) I don't like seeing that thick raft on the surface. By the 4th day it's almost all sunk, though I suppose I should do a control batch to see if the rocking had anything to do with that

In any case, a good rocking isn't going to hurt the beer. If you're going to cold crash it, it's going to all settle out with a bang anyway...

Cheers!

 

[Westermans]

So day 4 and it settled out pretty well. Still some hop/yeast rafts on the surface. Can the oil from the hops sit on top and look like a little white sheen to it? Very small i can't get a good picture. I'm just freaked out from seeing a topic on infections. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1422504664.196967.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1422504728.161441.jpg

 

[fastengine]

Pic looks fine. Don't worry.