Reducing / filtering trub
Posted: Friday May 14, 2010 11:23 am
Hi All,
What little tricks are there to reduce the amount of trub getting into the fermenter when the siphon is getting close to the bottom ?
I've added whirlfloc for 15 mins, chilled wort with a coil, then gently whirlpooled to make the trub go to the middle of the kettle, and left it for about an hour to settle.
I siphon carefully from the close to the top of the wort, but when I get to around 3 Litres left, no matter what I do, cant avoid pulling up the white settled stuff on the bottom.
Is it OK if a bit of the white stuff gets in the fermenter ? Or can it be filtered ?
3 Litres seems like a lot to throw out
Cheers,
Chris
What little tricks are there to reduce the amount of trub getting into the fermenter when the siphon is getting close to the bottom ?
I've added whirlfloc for 15 mins, chilled wort with a coil, then gently whirlpooled to make the trub go to the middle of the kettle, and left it for about an hour to settle.
I siphon carefully from the close to the top of the wort, but when I get to around 3 Litres left, no matter what I do, cant avoid pulling up the white settled stuff on the bottom.
Is it OK if a bit of the white stuff gets in the fermenter ? Or can it be filtered ?
3 Litres seems like a lot to throw out
Cheers,
Chris