trub filter

[mlafnitzegger]

Interesting. Would like to see pictures after collecting!

Me too. Will post pictures and result.

 

[MSK_Chess]

Read the link, last post previous page, describes the build. It is not a dome, but a sandwich with a dip tube in it. The large surface area on top filters a lot, screen below tube gets the rest. Kal at the electric brewery has some more info on it also.

The trick with these is to slow the flow once the top is exposed as you do not have wort pushing down. I monitor the output hose and ensure the pump is not pulling to fast

I did read it and saw no reference to actual microns. There is a reference of 0,015 but i cannot say what that means. i see later you state that its 500 microns so its all good.

 

[milldoggy]

28x28 mesh is around 620 microns. Mesh size is just another measure system.

 

[milldoggy]

28x28 mesh is around 620 microns. Mesh size is just another measure system.

Maybe closer to 660

 

[FunkedOut]

the mesh size calls out the number of openings per inch in the screen.
the width/diameter of the wire that the screen is made from also affects the size of the opening.
that table looks like the mesh are made with varying gauge wires.

 

[milldoggy]

the mesh size calls out the number of openings per inch in the screen.
the width/diameter of the wire that the screen is made from also affects the size of the opening.
that table looks like the mesh are made with varying gauge wires.

Good point, so 28x28 mesh with .01 wire equals .0257 in opening, which is 652.78 micron, 300 micron for reference is .0118 in opening

 

[zeptrey]

I just made this.

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How'd this filter work out?

 

[zeptrey]

Possibly after whirl pooling, chilling and settling, you could run the wort through a fine mesh biab bag to capture any other break?

 

[mlafnitzegger]

How'd this filter work out?

The mesh I used is too fine. Unfortunately I don't know the microns for it.

 

[Jag75]

I have a little strainer that fits right on my fermenter and I slowly pour thru it. I have used cheese cloth before and it works but you have to keep stopping and toss old and lay new cloth . Its tedious but it works .

 

[homebrewer_99]

I've been filtering everything that comes out of the brew pot since my first brew in 1994. Whatever gets captured in the net (hops, Irish Moss, hot/cold break, etc.) is not in my primary.

I figure the cleaner the wort going in the clearer the beer.

FWIW, this nylon net is from my original brew kit in 1994. The elastic is shot that why I use the spring clothes pins.

 

[homebrewer_99]

No worries, its all good, there are other reasons like yeast collecting, the yeast you get from having clear wort in the fermenter is awesome, no need to wash it, just put it in a jar and repitch it. Also sometimes if you have trub it can coat the yeast and lead to less than stellar fermentation.

I agree with your assessment, but I still wash the yeast from my primaries to make it cleaner.

See my post above...

 

[odie]

I've recently started screening the trub remains to extract the final wort. I use a huge funnel with a screen. I should take some pics this weekend.

For years I only let the kettle settle during the IC process...then I would open the spigot and pour thru a screened funnel into the fermenter until the screen clogged. Dump the first trub clog and then drain the rest of the kettle thru the same screened funnel until the very bottom trub gets pulled into the spigot once the kettle starts to bottom out. The rest gets tossed out, along with some good wort

The last couple batches I've taken all that trub that got tossed out before and poured it into a extra large mason jar and shake it up good. That gets poured into the same screened funnel but into another jar. As soon as the screen clogs I take the stuff below and recycle it back into the funnel and then let everything drip thru the trub caked screen into a clean jar. After it all drips thru I have a huge compacted solid trub cake on the screen and another good quart of pretty clean wort for the fermenter.

filtering that final trub takes few hours but I'm waiting for the ferm to hit pitching temps anyway. I simply reheat that quart on the stove real quick to re-sanitize it before adding it to the fermenter.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I've recently started screening the trub remains to extract the final wort. I use a huge funnel with a screen. I should take some pics this weekend.

For years I only let the kettle settle during the IC process...then I would open the spigot and pour thru a screened funnel into the fermenter until the screen clogged. Dump the first trub clog and then drain the rest of the kettle thru the same screened funnel until the very bottom trub gets pulled into the spigot once the kettle starts to bottom out. The rest gets tossed out, along with some good wort

The last couple batches I've taken all that trub that got tossed out before and poured it into a extra large mason jar and shake it up good. That gets poured into the same screened funnel but into another jar. As soon as the screen clogs I take the stuff below and recycle it back into the funnel and then let everything drip thru the trub caked screen into a clean jar. After it all drips thru I have a huge compacted solid trub cake on the screen and another good quart of pretty clean wort for the fermenter.

filtering that final trub takes few hours but I'm waiting for the ferm to hit pitching temps anyway. I simply reheat that quart on the stove real quick to re-sanitize it before adding it to the fermenter.

Sounds like a lot of time and at least some additional risk of infection for very little gain. Unless you brew really small batches, an extra quart isn't worth bothering with, IMHO.

 

[lump42]

I've recently started screening the trub remains to extract the final wort. I use a huge funnel with a screen. I should take some pics this weekend.

For years I only let the kettle settle during the IC process...then I would open the spigot and pour thru a screened funnel into the fermenter until the screen clogged. Dump the first trub clog and then drain the rest of the kettle thru the same screened funnel until the very bottom trub gets pulled into the spigot once the kettle starts to bottom out. The rest gets tossed out, along with some good wort

The last couple batches I've taken all that trub that got tossed out before and poured it into a extra large mason jar and shake it up good. That gets poured into the same screened funnel but into another jar. As soon as the screen clogs I take the stuff below and recycle it back into the funnel and then let everything drip thru the trub caked screen into a clean jar. After it all drips thru I have a huge compacted solid trub cake on the screen and another good quart of pretty clean wort for the fermenter.

filtering that final trub takes few hours but I'm waiting for the ferm to hit pitching temps anyway. I simply reheat that quart on the stove real quick to re-sanitize it before adding it to the fermenter.

I agree with Jay a lot of extra work for a little bit, I'd either scale the batch up to account for the extra quart. OR if you are determined not to let any go, grab a 5 gal paint strainer bag and line a bucket fermenter with it before you transfer the wort. Then just lift the bag and remove the trub and hops that made it through a whirlpool.

 

[odie]

well after finding brulosophy's truby experiment...I'm tempted to try a batch with everything dumper into the fermenter...

each brew day is an adventure...as will my upcoming biab experience

 

[Cavpilot2000]

I go to the other extreme - I overbuild my beers to leave about a gallon behind with all the trub so that I can send crystal clear wort to the fermenter. The extra pound or two of grain is a cheap tradeoff for trub-free wort.

To each his own.

 

[lump42]

well after finding brulosophy's truby experiment...I'm tempted to try a batch with everything dumper into the fermenter...

each brew day is an adventure...as will my upcoming biab experience

I've done it both ways on the same house recipe and didn't notice any difference. I now normally just drain my kettle until the siphon is broken. No whirlpool, and only settling is while I clean the IC (~5min). I'm not throwing everything in, but I don't go to any extra lengths to keep it out either. No problems of stalling as been mentioned, because they don't sit around long enough...