We've talked about methods people are using to get a nice dense hop/trub cone at the end of a boil - which have allowed me to improve my process quite a bit, thankyouverymuch.
Now, I just brewed a barleywine, and discovered that instead of my typical well formed cone, I ended up with what looks like a cone that's been ripped into 20 or so irregular, dinner plate sized pieces. (10bbl kettle/whirlpool vessel) Actually, the whole thing looked a bit like a large well-broken plate. Needless to say, this just killed my yield, and I left a lot of that nicely concentrated sugar in the tank.
This was a pretty hi gravity beer, so I'm wondering if the density of the trub is such that it may be coalesced into a cone during the WP, but as the wort is runoff on a big beer like this, it's maybe not dense enough to stay sunk.
...or did I just have a crappy whirlpool today...of all days?
Thanks,
Scott
Now, I just brewed a barleywine, and discovered that instead of my typical well formed cone, I ended up with what looks like a cone that's been ripped into 20 or so irregular, dinner plate sized pieces. (10bbl kettle/whirlpool vessel) Actually, the whole thing looked a bit like a large well-broken plate. Needless to say, this just killed my yield, and I left a lot of that nicely concentrated sugar in the tank.
This was a pretty hi gravity beer, so I'm wondering if the density of the trub is such that it may be coalesced into a cone during the WP, but as the wort is runoff on a big beer like this, it's maybe not dense enough to stay sunk.
...or did I just have a crappy whirlpool today...of all days?
Thanks,
Scott
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