Whirfloc always scares the crap out of me...

[bovineblitz]

Nope. Batch sparge.

Plus I'm greedy and I don't fear the trub. I just transfer every last scrap out of the kettle that I can.

Same here. Some people in my homebrew club think I'm crazy. I think they're wasting a lot of beer and nutrients.

 

[PhelanKA7]

What's the sense of using whirfloc if your going to add all the trub anyway? The beer will clear by itself without it!

I explained that earlier...

 

[twalte]

PhelanKA7

I think I toss too much good wort...going your route next time (WITH whirlfloc).

 

[gbx]

Do you have a link to that? I'd be interested in watching.

the audio is here http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=basic-brewing-brew-your-own-experiments

scroll down to June 10, 2010 - BYO-BBR Irish Moss Experiment

I also found my nov 2010 BYO issue with it and here are results

SPOILER ALERT!

Clarity: Fined beer was initially clearer but differences faded with time
Foam: Untreated tended to have better foam
Flavor: Differences between beer, what is better is dependant on style
Bitterness: No differences
Mouthfeel: Fining may diminish mouth feel
Gravity: No effect on OG or FG

 

[gbx]

...what I used to do is use whirlfloc and then carefully siphon clean wort of into a fermenter. I would then take all the messy wort and trub and dump it into a couple 1 gal cider jugs, cap and then put in the fridge. After a couple days, the trub would have settled to the bottom and I would siphon the clean wort off of the top into either another cider jug or 2L pop bottle to sour (either ferment with bottle dregs or inoculate with a gravity sample off of one of the roeselare ferments I have going). ...but thats a lot of work and some days I'm not in the mood.