Just brewed my second batch. Went great till the end.

[veritas524]

So everything was going well, I felt a million times more comfortable than the first time I brewed two weeks ago. The only small issue I had was while adding my bittering hops I had a small boil over. It wasn't too bad, I was right there to turn the heat down and only a little bit of break material actually spilled over. I had a great idea (so I thought) of pouring my cooled wort into my bottling bucket through a strainer and then opening the spigot into my 6 gallon glass carboy. I was topping off w/ 2 gallons and I thought this would be a great way to remove most of the break and aerate. Everything was going as planned until the very last bit of wort couldn't make it through the strainer. Following my wife's advice, I grabbed a sanitized spoon and attempted to move some of the break out of the way in the strainer for the rest (less than 1/4 gal) of the wort to make it through. I guess she wasn't holding the strainer well enough and then guess what happened? In it went w/ all the goodies I had just strained! I immediately walked over to my kitchen sink which was housing about four inches of iodophor solution and dunked my arms the best I could for about a minute and then fished the strainer out of the bucket. I lost about 50-60% of the sediment and my arms went into the wort about an inch past where I sanitized them... I really hope I didn't just trash this batch. Lesson learned.... don't listen to your chick's advice and make sure you have a good hold on your stuff before messing with it.

 

[Ben_Persitz]

I'd say you're just fine. The way I strain is with those strainers that spread out over the bucket. Invest in one.

 

[RM-MN]

I don't bother straining at all, I just dump into the fermenter until I see some of the gunk going into the fermenter and then dump out the rest. By the time it is done fermenting all that gunk is stuck in the yeast cake at the bottom and I rack off the good stuff into the bottling bucket. I never seem to get any of it in the bottles that way and I don't have to worry about more things to sanitize or drop.

 

[Righlander]

I don't bother straining at all, I just dump into the fermenter until I see some of the gunk going into the fermenter and then dump out the rest. By the time it is done fermenting all that gunk is stuck in the yeast cake at the bottom and I rack off the good stuff into the bottling bucket. I never seem to get any of it in the bottles that way and I don't have to worry about more things to sanitize or drop.

agreed. i do it the same way and NEVER had a problem. course i primary for 3-4 weeks

 

[HoppedIPA]

i just siphon out the wort leave some of the gunk in the brew kettle and thats why i secondary ferment..

 

[Dynachrome]

I'm thinking you have a good chance of making decent beer. Yeast clean up their back yard.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/wh...where-your-beer-still-turned-out-great-96780/

 

[dfc]

RDWHAHB. I doubt you'll get an infection and the extra gunk you dumped in will become sediment. Just don't suck up your sediment and you'll be fine.

I typically strain using nylon pantyhose stretched over a colander and have never had any problems with this method. If the colander is smaller than the opening of your bucket just set one end of it on a spoon that's laid across the opening of your bucket.

 

[veritas524]

If the colander is smaller than the opening of your bucket just set one end of it on a spoon that's laid across the opening of your bucket.

That's what got me into this mess