Hey folks, this is my first time posting here. I've recently been in charge of a little 1 BBL nano, and getting that bright, clear, wort during knockout into the fermentors just isn't happening (90% of the time at least). Any likely culprits that stand out immediately? I'll outline a bit of my process below for those who care to take a look.
-Mash Ph's are being hit between 5.4-5.5 room temp samples
-Whirlfloc in almost all batches
-post boil PH on last batch was 5.3 ish
-after boil, and whirlpool if I'm doing a hopstand, I first use an immersion chiller to take down the wort to 110 F or so, then I let it sit for 20 minutes or more
-after letting it settle for 20ish minutes I run knockout through a counterflow chiller.
-Post boil I definitely see big flakes of coagulated proteins, etc., leading me to believe it will drop clear.
It's been confounding me....On a couple batches I got nice, perfectly clear runoff, but most of the time it's a hazy runoff. Not muddy with sediment, but hazy.
I'm wondering if it's the whirlpool hop pellets. Most of the beers have this pretty intense bitterness that fades out by drinking time, but it's unsettling to me and I really don't know what I'm missing.
I've tried just running straight through the counterflow (when our public water was colder) after settling, and still, hazy runoff.
Any tips/insights are much appreciated, thanks!
Finn
-Mash Ph's are being hit between 5.4-5.5 room temp samples
-Whirlfloc in almost all batches
-post boil PH on last batch was 5.3 ish
-after boil, and whirlpool if I'm doing a hopstand, I first use an immersion chiller to take down the wort to 110 F or so, then I let it sit for 20 minutes or more
-after letting it settle for 20ish minutes I run knockout through a counterflow chiller.
-Post boil I definitely see big flakes of coagulated proteins, etc., leading me to believe it will drop clear.
It's been confounding me....On a couple batches I got nice, perfectly clear runoff, but most of the time it's a hazy runoff. Not muddy with sediment, but hazy.
I'm wondering if it's the whirlpool hop pellets. Most of the beers have this pretty intense bitterness that fades out by drinking time, but it's unsettling to me and I really don't know what I'm missing.
I've tried just running straight through the counterflow (when our public water was colder) after settling, and still, hazy runoff.
Any tips/insights are much appreciated, thanks!
Finn
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