Run through strainer before second Ferment?

[BestManBrew]

Hello collective all. I've dubbed the member of this site, "The Throbbing Brain," due to all the awesome advice I get here, so I'm at it again.

Does anyone siphon through a strainer when transferring to the second fermenter to help with sediment extraction?

 

[duboman]

Hello collective all. I've dubbed the member of this site, "The Throbbing Brain," due to all the awesome advice I get here, so I'm at it again.

Does anyone siphon through a strainer when transferring to the second fermenter to help with sediment extraction?

No as that would aerate the wort and oxidize it. You can though place a hop bag or nylons around the racking cane at the pick up end and filter that way quite effectively

 

[mrphillips]

I wanted to do this with an APA I just moved into a 3rd carboy (to try to reduce sediment), but I decided to just use the 3rd carboy and attempt cold crashing...I might even forgo the crashing. The beer I moved over to the 3rd carboy looked nice and clear, and while the 3rd carboy does open the possibility of bacterial infection, but if you're smart about your sanitizing, it's not a big deal.

If anyone has done this successfully, I'd love to know!

 

[BestManBrew]

Good call on the Nylons.....good thing I wear them when I brew 😳.

Oh well, the wife won't miss the pair!

Thanks for the advice, bud!

Cheers

 

[n240sxguy]

I don't secondary. I primary for two weeks, then keg and use a 1 micron water filter.

 

[BestManBrew]

Yea, kegging equipment will be an investment in the near future.

 

[mrphillips]

Nylons! Of course! I know what I'm doing before moving my APA to the bottling bucket...putting on my girlfriend's nylons! Wait...I mean...oh what the he!!, I meant what I said!

 

[Yooper]

You don't want to risk oxidizing your beer, so I wouldn't strain/filter/use stuff in it that may create some siphon troubles or bubbles.

If you rack only clear beer, you will end up with clear beer. In other words, wait until fermentation ends, and the beer starts to clear. Some yeast strains will drop like a rock, leaving ultra clear beer, but many strains don't. So just wait until they are not too cloudy before racking, and use your racking cane to not suck up too much debris by starting your siphon above the trub layer and gently lowering it as the level of the beer lowers. That's all that is needed.

I don't filter/strain or otherwise mess about with it, and I even dryhop without bags, and my beer is very clear.

 

[MarcusKillion]

First off , despite popular opinion by some , toss the secondary out and just leave it alone in the ferment bucket for 3 weeks ( great advise from someone on this forum of course ) . Problem solved except for the bottle bucket .
Do not pour it through a strainer /mainly do not pour it . Siphon with a strainer on the end of the tube . This is what I use and works well for most trub but fine sediment can get through if you stir it up . https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f85/filter-siphon-tube-leave-trub-behind-380879/ Set it easily into the beer and start siphon and then lower it down as needed or if there is not a lot of trub just set it on bottom and try not to move it around . when it gets low just tilt the bucket and you will get most of the beer .
Also let your wort cool down in the boil bucket and then pull out your cooler and let sit another half hour to settle and then siphon to primary and you will have a lot less trub in the fermenting bucket .

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

If you want to strain hop gunk and such out, get a 5-gallon nylon paint strainer bag from your local box store, soak it in sanitizer, and put it in your secondary before racking. Rack your beer into secondary, then lift out the bag. Depending on how much hop gunk you have, this might be a quick process or might require several minutes and some squeezing to drain completely.

Having said that, secondary isn't always necessary. I've done it (yesterday in fact) just so I could use my primary fermenter for another beer, but leaving your beer in primary for a few weeks won't hurt it, may in fact help the yeast clean up any off stuff they created during ferment. Some people swear by it, some people avoid it, some people (like me) have done it both ways and don't see a major difference.

 

[MarcusKillion]

Nylons! Of course! I know what I'm doing before moving my APA to the bottling bucket...putting on my girlfriend's nylons! Wait...I mean...oh what the he!!, I meant what I said!

I was wearing your girl friends nylons last night . Did I remember to close the bedroom window after sneaking back out ? Oh , forgot to tell you I broke into your girl friends house last night .