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cold break
weithman5:
normally i brew small batches with all grain. despite having made a heat exchanger from an immersion coil, i can generally just throw my kettle (4g) into the refrigerator. then the next day dump in to my 2g fermentation bucket add yeast and go. usually pour through a strainer that collects hops, hot break, cold break.
however, my brother gave me an extract kit for 5g batch which i brewed yesterday. i did the boil and added to my larger fermentation bucket with previously boiled and cooled water. thus i now have a bucket of wort with a nice layer of cold break. i will be transferring this later today and adding yeast. just found it impressive.
theDarkSide:
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I copy the link to view it...nice cold break layer. I do this with lagers and cannot believe how much cold break there is the next day I transfer. Sometime I have a hard time getting 5.5 gallons transferred even when I've filled my better bottle to almost the top from the kettle.
musseldoc:
I like to switch over my immersion chiller from tap to ice water once I hit about 80F, which takes the wort down to 40F. It is impressive how much break falls out. Sometimes it interferes with how much wort I can transfer cleanly to the fermenter.
ynotbrusum:
I have a false bottom on my brew kettle and I put the hose into a double mesh strainer on the output side going into the fermenter. That, coupled with hop bags, really allows me to start out pretty clear and to get a good harvest of yeast after fermentation is completed. Just a thought... ;)
Cheers!
blatz:
--- Quote from: ynotbrusum on January 02, 2013, 01:13:36 PM ---I have a false bottom on my brew kettle and I put the hose into a double mesh strainer on the output side going into the fermenter. That, coupled with hop bags, really allows me to start out pretty clear and to get a good harvest of yeast after fermentation is completed. Just a thought... ;)
Cheers!
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got any pics?
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