IPA - 1 gal of trub?

[todd_k]

I transfered my IPA to the secondary tonight and I had just about 1 gal of trub on the bottom, is this normal? Here is the recipe:

8# ultralight malt
2# munich
1# 2-row
1.5# crystal 15L
8 oz carapils
2 oz Magnum 60 min
2 oz Kent Goldings 5 min
2 oz Kent Goldings 1 min
1 tsp gypsum

Got this from Morebeer.com

The trub was thick but still had a lot of liquid mixed in. Should I have let it settle out again and siphoned the rest of the liquid off the top?

I wanted to pitch my ESB on top of the yeast cake but I didn't get my act together in time last Sunday. Would that have worked ok or is that a bad combo?

 

[Walker]

what kind of hops did you use, and did you remove them from the wort before putting the beer into your fermenter?

I count 6 oz of hops, which is about the same amount I use in my own IPA. I've made that recipe with all hop pellets before, and did nothing to try and avoid transfering to the fermenter, and I ended up with a huge amount of trub. I never measured it, but I remember what it looked like in the carboy, and there was probably a gallon of it easy.

-walker

 

[david_42]

I get huge trub with IPA's as well, almost any high gravity ale actually.

 

[todd_k]

I used hop pellets, haven't had the chance to use whole hops yet.

 

[david_42]

I use pellets for high IBU ales as well. I buy columbus pellets by the pound.

 

[Walker]

I used hop pellets, haven't had the chance to use whole hops yet.

My latest batch of IPA was brewed with 5.5 oz of whole hops, and BOY I was not prepared for dealing with them when it came time to put the beer into the fermenter. I ended up straining it into the carboy through a funnel, but I had to stop after every couple of funnel-fulls because the hops had completely stopped the flow.

-walker

 

[Robbw]

Same deal here. A lot of Trub. Ended up re-racking the secondary. But I ended up with less than 5 gallons of beer, that's for sure.

 

[Glibbidy]

I transfered my IPA to the secondary tonight and I had just about 1 gal of trub on the bottom, is this normal?
SNIP>
2 oz Magnum 60 min
2 oz Kent Goldings 5 min
2 oz Kent Goldings 1 min
SNIP>

Given the qty of hops used, I would say that it isn't unreasonable to have an excessive amount of Trub in your primary.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I've never used 6 oz of hops in a brew before. I think you have hop trub also.

You should try to filter out the hops, especially pellets, any way you can before placing your wort in the primary.

I use a nylon net that fits over my primary bucket. It allows me to pour in most of mt wort before I have to take my paddle to swish the hops back and forth to get the wort to flow then add the rest of the wort and repeat the process. After that I sparge the hops in the net.

I've had several nets fall into the primary because of the weight, so now I use small clamps to hold the net in place.

 

[jldesign]

I've had that mess also with about the same amount or grains, extract and hops. great beer but what a waste ya know to come up short. I'm pretty lax about primary straining as well I always plan now for extract beers like this with more extract and/or water to make up for the trub even if I loose a few points on the OG. FWIW

 

[todd_k]

Would it have been worth it to try and strain the trub to get as much of the liquid out as possible? Not sure if that would be worth it or if that could result in any problems after adding it to the rest in the secondary.

 

[andre the giant]

Whenever I try to brew a pilsner, I end up with at least a gallon of trub. It's crazy. I end up with 4.5 gallons or less. I don't understand it, since I mash the same way.

 

[Brewiz]

That is the best reason for using 6.5 gal carboy and you adjust your recipe for 6-6.5 gal then when all the racking is done you should have 5 gal of beer. Plus if you use a kettle with a false bottom and whole hops they will filter out most of the s**t.