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Pi:
Been trying to tweak my system to maximize wort collection. I am set up to recirculate the boil(ed) wort through the CFWC and get a pretty decent whirlpool. But when I transfer to the fermentor I'm still picking up alot of trub. I've been xferring to a carboy;  letting it settle out and then rack to another carboy, but I end up leaving behind like a gallon of wort. I was gonna try putting a "starsan"ed mesh bag over the tube going to the carboy. Anybody have any ideas? I guess i could increase my batch size; just seems like 15-20% is such a waste. What do the "pros" do? 

mtnrockhopper:
Do you let it sit 10-15 minutes after turning off the whirlpool? There was a thread not too long ago and the consensus was that the trub settling occurs when the whirlpool is really slowing down. During the whirlpool it mostly stays suspended.

dmtaylor:
Cold break doesn't hurt anything, and might even help, depending on who you ask.  If you ask me, it hurts nothing.  Why waste a gallon of wort when it could be fermented and give you another 6-pack or more.

fmader:
I feel like a broken record, but I feel the need to add my 10 cents again lol. I've recently started pitching my hop pellets directly into boil. I now siphon my wort through a sanitized knee high lady's hose that is zip tied to my tube into a bucket. This collects just about all of the trub. I then dump my bucket of wort into my carboy through a funnel with a screen (which minimal even gets to this point). If I dry hop, I do the same thing with the knee high into the bottling bucket. The first beer I did this with was a Pliny the Elder clone...which you know has a pile of hops in it. I just poured one, and it is crystal clear! I also was able to harvest a nice clean looking yeast off this batch. You can get two knee highs in a container for 17 cents at Wal-Mart!

a10t2:
How are you picking up the wort in the kettle? If you're getting a good cone to form in the whirlpool and picking up from the side of the kettle, you should be able to get at least partway down the cone before you start to pick up trub.

FWIW, I think 15% losses from kettle to package is pretty standard for a small brewery.


--- Quote from: fmader on March 07, 2013, 04:36:46 PM --- If I dry hop, I do the same thing with the knee high into the bottling bucket.
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