Should I strain it or not??

[brewnskiinvt]

I'm attempting a "Christmas flavored" stout and will be adding things like cinnamon sticks, ginger root and so on. Do these things get strained before adding to my fermenter, or do they stay in during fermentation?? I will not be transferring to a secondary.

Also, what is the "recommended" ferm. time for a stout?

Thanks for the input!

 

[bboyeruga]

What was the OG? How much of the cinnamon sticks/ginger did you add?

 

[brewnskiinvt]

I haven't brewed it yet. And I'll be using 6oz of grated ginger, 4 cinnamon sticks, .5oz orange peel, 1tsp cloves.

 

[unionrdr]

You could put them in a hop sock with 15 minutes left in the boil. Then chill & strain all into the fermenter.