Hi guys, I am a newbies of home brewing and have only made two batches so far, of which i encountered the same problem when I transferring the chilled wort into the primary carboy. That is there were a lot of sludge in my wort and they occupied almost 25% by volume. I have to struggle for whether I discard that slurry or not. For discarding them, I will have a wort not enough of 5 gallon in order to achieve the specific OG value, or vice versa. For not discarding them, I afraid my brew would carry strong bitterness or other malodor and ruined the whole batch.
Grateful if expertise in here could share with me your technique in handling such situation?
Grateful if expertise in here could share with me your technique in handling such situation?