Hi,
We have a three vessel brew house, mcv, lt and kettle wp. Bedloading with dry grist is about 170 - 190 kg/m2. We vorlauf for 5 min and after the wort starts clearing we start collecting. During the first few hundred litres the wort gets crystal clear but throughout the whole runoff these fines you see in the video make it through the false floor. Unfortunately you can hardly see it in the video because the particles are so small but it looks like a snow storm flowing through the sight glass:
Raking does not increase particle flow up to 9cm above the false floor. Below 8cm the turbidity increases slightly and below 5cm we see coarser particles come through. Last brew we compacted the bed really tight to get a better filtration effect and the wort was clearer than ever but still with these super fines in it.
I cant seem to find a solution on this. Another brewer who operates the same system has the same issue. I first thought that they are making it through the gaps where the false bottom does not fully seal with the vessel wall but the other brewer does not have these gaps and still he is seeing the fines.
Any help is greatly appreciated
Cheers
Matthias
We have a three vessel brew house, mcv, lt and kettle wp. Bedloading with dry grist is about 170 - 190 kg/m2. We vorlauf for 5 min and after the wort starts clearing we start collecting. During the first few hundred litres the wort gets crystal clear but throughout the whole runoff these fines you see in the video make it through the false floor. Unfortunately you can hardly see it in the video because the particles are so small but it looks like a snow storm flowing through the sight glass:
Raking does not increase particle flow up to 9cm above the false floor. Below 8cm the turbidity increases slightly and below 5cm we see coarser particles come through. Last brew we compacted the bed really tight to get a better filtration effect and the wort was clearer than ever but still with these super fines in it.
I cant seem to find a solution on this. Another brewer who operates the same system has the same issue. I first thought that they are making it through the gaps where the false bottom does not fully seal with the vessel wall but the other brewer does not have these gaps and still he is seeing the fines.
Any help is greatly appreciated
Cheers
Matthias
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