interplexr
Well-Known Member
I'm in the process of fermenting an AG batch and was a little impatient with my attempts at seperating the trub before siphoning to my primary... I chilled the wort with my newly made IC down to about 60 degF (just under 5 minutes) and then got a good whirlpool going with a spoon. I haven't ever cooled this fast so I think I ended up with a lot more break material than I'm used to. I'm new to AG too so I'm not sure if I got more break material from that as well.
I only let it set about 5 minutes after I whirlpooled and siphoned off what I thought was clear. It looked clear at the top but the near the bottom was apparently not settled yet. There was a good layer of trub settled on the bottom of my primary until the yeast really got going and the whole thing floated up to the top where it has pretty much stayed.
Will this sink on down to the bottom eventually? I'm just not used to such a huge pile of crud up in the kraeusen. I'm more worried because the last batch had a similar thick mat which didn't want to settle down after a week even with my SG down to what I expected and I didn't have as much trub when it started.
I only let it set about 5 minutes after I whirlpooled and siphoned off what I thought was clear. It looked clear at the top but the near the bottom was apparently not settled yet. There was a good layer of trub settled on the bottom of my primary until the yeast really got going and the whole thing floated up to the top where it has pretty much stayed.
Will this sink on down to the bottom eventually? I'm just not used to such a huge pile of crud up in the kraeusen. I'm more worried because the last batch had a similar thick mat which didn't want to settle down after a week even with my SG down to what I expected and I didn't have as much trub when it started.