Trub Troubles?

[Keith_O]

I made my first 5 gallon batch, but the directions that came with the kit were vague in some places. I ended up with the majority of the trub in my fermenting bucket. It has now been 4 days.... should I siphon the beer off into another bucket? It was a kit for American Amber Ale.

 

[Hello]

No you are okay. You can let it sit and if you're dying to see if you can get it to clear more, you can try moving it to secondary after another week. There's no need to but you can if you must.

You will rack to a bottling bucket to bottle. At that point you'd simply rack above the trub leaving it behind. I would just do that and not worry about secondary.

 

[Keith_O]

Thanks!
No, this will be a dark batch.... had a small pot to work with, so dark wort it is!

 

[unionrdr]

By the time it reaches a stable FG,the trub & yeast at the bottom will compact down quite a bit. no need to mess with it after only four days. It's propbably barely past initial fermentation about now. so it'll now slowly,uneventfully creep down to FG & then settle out clear or slightly misty.

 

[fartinmartin]

+1 to Uniondr

 

[helibrewer]

You can also fine it with gelatin (when fermentation is complete) which will really clear it and stabilize that trub layer a bit.

 

[Hello]

Thanks!
No, this will be a dark batch.... had a small pot to work with, so dark wort it is!

Did you top off or just brewed a small batch?

You can also fine it with gelatin (when fermentation is complete) which will really clear it and stabilize that trub layer a bit.

If he doesn't keg from my reading, I do not think that is an option if he bottle carbs.

 

[uatuba]

Did you top off or just brewed a small batch?





If he doesn't keg from my reading, I do not think that is an option if he bottle carbs.

You can use gelatin prior to bottle conditioning.

 

[Keith_O]

I am bottling, not kegging yet.... is it a good idea to use the gelatin? and what do you do?

 

[unionrdr]

I just give it 3-7 days past the point where it reaches a stable Fg to settle out clear or slightly misty in primary. No need for gelatin.

 

[strangegreenman]

Honestly, I let the trub land in most of my beers. When I have a larger kettle and don't have to worry about losing too much material, that will change. However, I find it's mostly inert and gets buried under the yeast anyway, and never have I had a problem with it.

 

[unionrdr]

My point has always been that straining the chilled wort into primary gets the gunk out & aerates it. By bottling day,the trub/yeast is compacted down to about 3/8" at the bottom. More clear beer for me.

 

[NorthwestBrewman2013]

Left a Red Ale in primary for 3 weeks. No ill effects on flavor and it ended up nicely at 1.009 FG. I am not sure if I'll secondary many of my beers now. Using Irish Moss REALLY helps to clear the brew.