cold break

[DEMPSEY]

Interesting that this issue has different people supporting different positions on whether it is good or not good to have in your fermenter. As homebrewers we are producing small volumes of wort which is easier to remove heat from as apposed to commercial set ups with large amounts of wort. What do ye all prefer,
A to chill all wort and drop out cold break before transfer to Fermenter
B Chill out wort in the Fermenter and leave the cold break in.

This is a video of a research pilot plant in Canada that does not appear to remove the cold break because after they whirlpool they pass the hot clear wort through a heat exchange and then on to the Fermenter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOA4tXvjC5s

[imark]

Is the break and hop matter not left in the whirlpool in that video That was my take on it anyway.

[Simon_]

http://brulosophy.com/2014/06/02/the-great-trub-exbeeriment-results-are-in/

[shweeney]

very interesting - I've been using leaf hops exclusively and I sieve/filter these out when transferring to the fermentor, but I don't care that much about other break material figuring that it'll drop out anyway.  So already this week we've discovered that DMS is no longer an issue and whirlpooling is not necessary - brewing is just getting easier! 

[Leann ull]

DMS is no longer an issue and whirlpooling is not necessary

Let me know how you get on with that 

[DEMPSEY]

Is the break and hop matter not left in the whirlpool in that video That was my take on it anyway.

The hot break and hop debris is left but the cold break is not as the wort is still too hot when it is transferred to the heat exchange.

[marzen scorsese]

I always rack my beer straight into my fermentor to chill in a tub of water with ice and always wondered what the floaty stuff was but since my beers taste fine I didn't worry to much. I always rack to a secondary as soon as fermentation is complete though, I just don't like the idea of the beer sitting on it for too long and always wondered would my beer being it once I get an immersion chiller sorted which should be very soon. If I remember I might brew a pale ale and stout I do often with and without the chiller and see the difference. Be a fun experiment to keep me busy and dear o dear in the name of science I must be thorough when checking the results

[imark]

Ah... I thought they were cooling in the whirlpool.