Need advice!

[pursuit4hoppiness]

Hello all,
I'm a newbie brewer, just finished my second brew on Sunday night.
Everything was going perfect until I had to transfer my wort from the boil kettle to the carboy.
So try to imagine this... I had a hose connected to the spigot of my kettle and it was going right into a brand new strainer I just bought from the brew shop. The strainer was sitting perfectly in a funnel which was in the neck of the carboy.
Everything looked good to go, so I turned the valve on the spigot to start the flow of wort into the carboy and before I knew it the funnel starts backing up (trub).
Now I'm stuck in a predicament I'm holding the funnel with my right hand to make sure it doesn't tip over from the weight and the hose with my left hand to make sure that doesn't fall out the strainer while wort is still flowing. Now I'm stuck with no other choice but to let go of the hose so I can turn the valve off and stop the flow of wort. The hose of course falls out of the strainer spraying me and my entire kitchen with wort! Floors, cabinets, clothes, you name it it got sprayed. FML it was already 3 am when that happened (clean up was a b#$#@).

So my question is what can I do or buy to get less trub coming out from my kettle? I've been researching false bottoms and attachments such as the hopblocker (tho I don't have a bleichman kettle).
Can anyone recommend any specific piece I should buy or even a brewing tip? I would truly appreciate it. Thanks

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[andy6026]

I have a screen that screws onto the inside of the kettle, where the spiggot is directly on the outside the kettle. This eliminates some of the "trub" (with a 'b') getting into the fermenter, but depending on the beer, often gets blocked up as well. Other people will suggest solutions, but some will say not to worry about it at all - it's ok to get trub in the fermenter - it will quickly settle out.

 

[deBrouwer]

trub + crud = trud

You could get a bazooka screen. (No, I'm not recommending that one in particular.)

 

[pursuit4hoppiness]

Cool thanks for info guys and the correction lol.... Hopefully I'll get a few more suggestions.

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[taoisilent]

I quit worrying about trub in my fermenter years ago.

I pour the entire contents of my kettle, wort, hops, trub and all into the fermenter. It will all settle in the bottom, and soon be covered in yeast sediment. It will not affect the taste or quality of your beer.

 

[dbsmith]

Put your hops in removable muslin bags, whirlpool, drain the wort slowly, and then don't worry about the rest of the trub that gets in. I just made a czech pilsner that had entire hop cones and trub fall into the fermentor. I cold crashed with a bit of gelatin and it came out as clear and tasty as a commercial lager! Even without gelatin, most beers just need some time in the fridge and they will be clear and taste just fine.

 

[neverdie2142]

You can go anal trying to keep the trub out of the fermenter, chill out and don't worry about....it will settle out and won't hurt nothing in your final product.....


Yat Yas !

 

[JulianHL]

taoisilent is on the money. I wouldn't worry about the trub if you're fermenting in a carboy. A plastic fermenter with a tap on the other hand, you'd have problems with trub and sediment sitting at a higher level your tap.

Either way, muslin bags are always a good investment if you really want to keep things easy.

 

[Erbun]

Yat Yas !

As a former yat yas'r myself, this made me do a double take lol.

To the OP, I gave up trying to keep trub out of the carboy for fermentation. Decided it was far easier and cheaper to just use a secondary.