philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
Ok, has anyone else run into this?! I used a half tablet of Whirlfloc in my IPA today (5.25-gallon batch size) and even though I whirlpooled after chilling, when I drained it into the carboy I was short about a gallon, and the stuff left in the pot was full of very fluffy trub.
Without using Whirlfloc, I used to get the trub to settle nicely before draining into the carboy but that wasn't the case on my last two brews. Anyone have any input on this?
If using Whirlfloc; do I need to siphon instead of draining through the spigot on my boil kettle? And am I to account for additional water losses due to this "fluffy trub" by increasing the "Trub Loss" amount in my Equipment Profile? This would likely bump me up to about a 7.5 gallon boil volume to result in a 5.25 gallon batch in the fermenter.
Help?
Without using Whirlfloc, I used to get the trub to settle nicely before draining into the carboy but that wasn't the case on my last two brews. Anyone have any input on this?
If using Whirlfloc; do I need to siphon instead of draining through the spigot on my boil kettle? And am I to account for additional water losses due to this "fluffy trub" by increasing the "Trub Loss" amount in my Equipment Profile? This would likely bump me up to about a 7.5 gallon boil volume to result in a 5.25 gallon batch in the fermenter.
Help?