The Great Trub exBEERiment :: Results Are In!!! | |Brülosophy|

[auralabuse]

This is a brilliant article regarding trub making its way across your processes. Some surprising results.

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

[nigel_c]

Interesting stuff

[LordEoin]

I got sick of avoiding the trub and now just feck it all into the FV and I've not noticed any adverse results.
The brewday is long enough without worrying about break making it in.

[Jonnycheech]

I've always added everything into my fermentor, whirlpools take too long!

[Pheeel]

This and not bothering with a secondary (unless aging for months) are two habits I gave up a while back

[Parky]

The same author carried out a follow-up to that trial, attempting to account for appearance and clarity as variables. Worth a look 

http://brulosophy.com/2015/03/22/the-impact-of-kettle-trub-part-2-exbeeriment-results/

My own approach is to keep whatever kettle trub I can out of the FV, especially if there were a lot of hop additions in the kettle.

[LordEoin]

my hops are confined to a bag anyway, so any extras that make it in are from the grain

[Jonnycheech]

my hops are confined to a bag anyway, so any extras that make it in are from the grain

+1

[auralabuse]

Yeah same here, I have no finger prints anymore from roasting hot hops bag.

[nigel_c]

I use pellets only. I whirlpool and rest before draining. I get a bit in but have never had any problem with clarity of wort or the final product.
For me time is the key. Letting the cooled boil sit and drop before transfer and proper conditioning in 2nd for me are key.

[shweeney]

I strain it all back through the mash bag. Figure it'll all drop out towards the end of the ferment anyway.

[krockett]

I keep ended up at this guys site when researching stuff. I forgot to put a whirlfloc tablet into one of my competition entries this year. According to this it should be grand: http://brulosophy.com/2015/03/16/the-irish-moss-effect-exbeeriment-results/#more-3115

[Leann ull]

The more and more I read this guys site the more it's starting to sound like a horoscope. I know he is the mythbusters of the Homebrew world but I yet to see any conclusive debunking of the myths he investigates. I suppose at least he is trying.

Maybe we should conduct our own anybody have any myths or Homebrew practices that they would like to see debunked?

The great oxygenation debate for example?
Dry v's Liquid etc?
Whirlpool v hop bag?

If we got 4 or 5 Brewers to do the same process and at least then there would be an element of scale which should all give the same or similar answers

[nigel_c]

I haven't used whirlfloc in a long time. Long boil and a rest after chilling works for me.

[auralabuse]

I have done a pilsner recently which I wanted clear. I used whirlfloc, racked to secondary, crash cooled and added gelatine... .it still has a haze 😨