Is it ok that I strain my beer before fermentation?

[joeyjojojr]

I take a cheesecloth and dump that wort through it into my fermenter. I have a feeling this oxygenates it well as well. I sanitize the cheesecloth first. Results in a nice wort with no trub.

Any negatives?

 

[dobe12]

Ok, but unnecessary.

 

[rmyurick]

It's a good thing. You are still probably going to get some trub in there, since the particles can be small, but it will remove spent hops. And IMO, it's not worth worrying about getting out all the trub unless maybe you are trying to make a light lager.

 

[drainbamage]

I know it isn't really necessary, but I run mine through a strainer to filter out some of the excess hop sludge.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

I pour mine through another BIAB bag from an ikea curtain.

 

[Jtownbrewery]

I strain thru a hop bag and get next to nothing trub works like a charm and oxidizes as well

 

[TallDan]

I use (stainless) steel wool on the pickup tube in the boil kettle. It slows down the draining of the wort, but does a great job of keeping pellet hops and break material out of the fermenter.

 

[phyllobeddo]

I strain the wort through a mesh strainer and a grain bag as it transfers to the primary. Maybe it's not necessary, but I prefer to try and get the sludge out so that there's less in the primary.

 

[benco]

I poor mine through an extra biab bag. I only do it when I'm making a big ipa with lots of hops. I squeeze the bag to get all the liquid out.

 

[peterj]

I've started just dumping everything into the fermenter. I've found it has no negative impact on clarity, taste, etc. and I end up being more efficient by getting more beer in the end. In fact, Brulosopher recently did an experiment and found that when he added all of the trub his beer actually came out clearer. When I do very hoppy beers I will still try to limit how much of the hops makes it in though.

But there's nothing wrong with straining it as long as you are doing it sanitarily.

 

[Queequeg]

Someone posted this here before. I found it very informative

http://brulosophy.com/2014/06/02/the-great-trub-exbeeriment-results-are-in/

 

[EVILsteve]

I recently made a batch without straining and coured raw plant material into the carboy thinking it woul be like adding fresh hops from the vine. This ended very badly.

I've always had my brews foam up like crazy after pitching the yeast that last about a day and a half. This time I used a carboy topper with a tube running to a pitcher of water to collect it. The trub kept clogging the topper until it build enough pressure to blow the too across the room. Now
I'm cleaning mash off the ceiling.

Next batch I will be filtering.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Consequences not noted by Brulosopher, the yeast slurry will be more concentrated and dense if you reuse it for your next batch as there will be less break material and hop sludge.

Also there's more head space in the fermenter, and less volume loss.

I'll continue doing this unless I especially am focusing on clarity of the final beer, as in a lager, blonde, or cream ale. But usually I'll just focus on filtering and save myself time by not having to whirlpool.

 

[dobe12]

I recently made a batch without straining and coured raw plant material into the carboy thinking it woul be like adding fresh hops from the vine. This ended very badly.

I've always had my brews foam up like crazy after pitching the yeast that last about a day and a half. This time I used a carboy topper with a tube running to a pitcher of water to collect it. The trub kept clogging the topper until it build enough pressure to blow the too across the room. Now
I'm cleaning mash off the ceiling.

Next batch I will be filtering.

So many misleading points here, not to mention the misuse of "mash" and "trub".
Your blowoff issue has nothing to do with filtering, neither did the hop particles making it into your fermentor.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I find it easier to just let gravity work and let all the hops and trub settle in the fermenter.

 

[brewprint]

I was using a funnel with a strainer to dump into the main fermentor. It was such a hassle because it would get clogged in a hurry. I had to use the tube and move the particles around to get it through. I had to work fast because the weight of the funnel could cause it to fall into the fermentor.

Now during the boil I just use muslin bags and put the hops in there. It doesn't work as well as the funnel but it takes a lot less time.

 

[Munchkin]

I brewed a warrior pale ale yesterday and strained the wort into primary with a SS strainer. I decided this was the last time ill bother since the process is slow and a pain to constantly unclog the strainer. Unless im using leaf hops in the boil, everything's getting dumped in from now on.

 

[unionrdr]

I whirlpool while the wort is chilling in an ice bath. Let it settle in the center. Then pour through a sanitized 10 1/4" SS fine mesh strainer into the fermenter. Stop pouring when the sludge starts coming up to the edge to pour out. I only get about 1C of gunk in the strainer at the end of pouring it in. The rest stays in the kettle.