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Why not filter the wort? Is there a good reason not to, apart from removing a possible cause of infection?
http://brulosophy.com/2014/06/02/the-great-trub-exbeeriment-results-are-in/
Why not filter the wort? Is there a good reason not to, apart from removing a possible cause of infection?
That's interesting read! I thought it would be good practice to get the wort as clean as possible when transferring it to the fermentor. Would it be any difference depending of style of beer?
That's interesting read! I thought it would be good practice to get the wort as clean as possible when transferring it to the fermentor. Would it be any difference depending of style of beer?
I use this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Blue-Hawk-...trainers-Fits-Container-Size-1-Gallon/1008385I would also recommend not using a hop bag during the boil unless you have a very large hop bag that allows them completely expand and have complete loose contact with the wort.
The filter itself is far more of a source of infection than anything that comes out of the pot. You just boiled the crap out of everything in the pot so it's completely free of contaminating organisms. As soon as the filter is left to dry, it can pick up any wild stuff that's in the air and it has probably miles of surface are to harbor microorganisms. Yes, you can sanitize it and I'm sure you do, but why introduce another potential problem.Why not filter the wort? Is there a good reason not to, apart from removing a possible cause of infection?
Hmmmm.... Maybe I don’t need to filter between BK and FV. But I might use a hop spider to at least keep out the hop debris from the FV.The filter itself is far more of a source of infection than anything that comes out of the pot. You just boiled the crap out of everything in the pot so it's completely free of contaminating organisms. As soon as the filter is left to dry, it can pick up any wild stuff that's in the air and it has probably miles of surface are to harbor microorganisms. Yes, you can sanitize it and I'm sure you do, but why introduce another potential problem.
Besides, the protein in the pot is good yeast nutrient. Not much reason to go out of your way to keep it out unless your fermenter is particularly small and it makes it harder to get your yield.
It's unnecessary as long as you bag or use some other means of keeping the hop debris out of the fermentor. Filtering actually introduces a chance of infection - the more pieces of equipment your cool wort touches, the more chances to pick up a bug somewhere. Hop bags work fine as long as, as BoomerBrian said, there's room for wort to circulate once the hops rehydrate. The trub, the proteins formed during the hot and cold breaks, are flavorless and insoluble, they'll settle to the bottom of the fermentor and then, unless you're harvesting yeast and need to separate it, be completely harmless.Why not filter the wort? Is there a good reason not to, apart from removing a possible cause of infection?
Good plan - I like the stainless models with the very fine screen....Hmmmm.... Maybe I don’t need to filter between BK and FV. But I might use a hop spider to at least keep out the hop debris from the FV.
I throw my hops in without a bag, I don't stain or filter anything, I have hops in the fermenter and the beer is perfect, that part of brewing is a myth, sorry guys its really unnecessary to even try
Baby steps.... we have been very successful with filtering between BK and FV, but it does require an emphasis on keeping the filter clean!Okay you guys are convincing probably no filtering from now on
Was looking at some bottled water today trying to find out what's in them but some of them had no info at all, and none had any info about alkalinity. I guess, the cheaper water the less information. It's unwise to use a no-info water? What about alkalinity, is there a rule of thumb regarding this in bottled water, or what would I do? Try to contact the producer?