Straining?

[BartJY]

Hi Folks,

When pouring the wort into the fermentation container, should it be stained to get rid of the trub?

Thanks
Bart

 

[eadavis80]

People vary in this response - as people vary in nearly everything in this hobby. I strain because I don't want all that nasty hop sludge in the fermenter, but it will settle out. I think this is just a personal preference thing. However, I strain also to help aerate the wort.

 

[flars]

Hop debris and break material from the boil kettle doesn't need to be kept out of the fermentor. Advantage to straining is being able to harvest cleaner yeast and perhaps a couple extra bottles of beer being packaged.

 

[Calichusetts]

I do, it helps with aeration as well, but it takes longer...up to you

 

[Brewenstein]

Hop debris and break material from the boil kettle doesn't need to be kept out of the fermentor. Advantage to straining is being able to harvest cleaner yeast and perhaps a couple extra bottles of beer being packaged.

Agreed with this ^^^. I like to harvest 2-3 generations of yeast so I try to keep most of the trub out of the fermenting vessel. I used to strain, but that can be a pain with highly hopped beers. My method now is the following: Chill wort to pitching temps and then let sit for 30-60 minutes. Pour clear wort into FV until I start to see the sludge. Pour the remaining wort and sludge into a 2-1/2 gallon container (I have some large pretzel containers from Sam's Club that I use). O2 and pitch yeast into FV. By the next day when fermentation is going in the FV the sludge will have settled and left clear wort on the top in the other container. I then decant this off into the FV and flush the hop sludge / trub down the toilet. Very easy, and leaves the yeast cake almost completely free of other debris. It also does help with racking to a bottling bucket or keg without the hop sludge also, as it seems to not compact as well as the yeast alone.

 

[unionrdr]

It does help with yeast harvesting. But, as stated, straining helps aerate the wort & gives less trub, thusly, more clear beer to the bottling bucket.:rockin: