stuff floating on top of boil

[adworld]

so the crap that floats to the top during a boil. should I discard it or just mix it back into the wort? do these floaties have a name?

thanks

 

[Jayhem]

"Hot Break" it's the proteins that cling together when boiled, they eventually coagulate into a thick trub at the end of the boil that you leave behind when you transfer to your fermenter.

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter7-2.html

 

[unionrdr]

Yup,also to be had when cooled down to pitch temp quickly. I use a fine mesh strainer to get them out going into the fermenter.

 

[E-Mursed]

Skim it off and discard.

 

[adworld]

excellent. thanks everyone