Hop matter in fermenter.

[Pete83]

Hi all new brewer here and just wanted a little advice. I've recently brewed my first all grain but have a couple of concerns. I couldn't chill my wort down to pitching temperature only to 30c and noticed there was a lot of suspended pellet matter which all went in the fermenter. My intention was to stop this with a bazooka attachment but found it to be useless and my volume was slightly down. I used 30g of pellet hops loose so I guess I'm asking - Is it normal to see this in suspension or would this have fell to the bottom if I could have lowered to say 16-18c? Will it have any adverse effects and should I rack to secondary ASAp

Cheers.

 

[MarkBowie]

Which yeast are you using? As some can tolerate it but most can’t for prolonged periods of time. Are you using any temperature control for your fermenter?

A little bit of debris won’t make a difference and will settle out, a lot of hop will make it grassy but it also depends when you put them in?

Whilst the lower temperature would have been better for pitching the yeast it wouldn’t have dropped all of the matter straight away and is more down to the filtering.

Edit: How long ago did you pitch the yeast? I wouldn’t personally bother racking now as everything will be doing it’s thing.

 

[Pete83]

Hi Mark thanks for your response.

I'm using Wyeast 3787 trappist and pitched evening of 26th. I'm using a fermentation fridge with inkbird set at 22c. When I realised my heat problem I set up my fridge but could only get down to 20.4 so a little high but acceptable..i think. I've attached a photo to show the layer collected it looks a lot to me

 

[-Bezza-]

Hi all new brewer here and just wanted a little advice. I've recently brewed my first all grain but have a couple of concerns. I couldn't chill my wort down to pitching temperature only to 30c and noticed there was a lot of suspended pellet matter which all went in the fermenter. My intention was to stop this with a bazooka attachment but found it to be useless and my volume was slightly down. I used 30g of pellet hops loose so I guess I'm asking - Is it normal to see this in suspension or would this have fell to the bottom if I could have lowered to say 16-18c? Will it have any adverse effects and should I rack to secondary ASAp

Cheers.

What stage are you at in the processw?

Crud going from boil to fermenter is fine (some on here actually swear by putting it in there deliberately). It'll settle in the fermentation vessel as it ferments out. Would suggest a cold crash prior to bottling / kegging if you can.

 

[Pete83]

Thanks Bezza, I'm only 3 days in and it appears to be going well. I'm not too familiar with cold crashing but will research it. I understand it involves lowering the temperature to let the particles drop for clearing? My plan was to ferment out around 7-10 days then rack for the same again prior to bottling but if its not causing an issue I'll leave it. Any views on timescales from here as I'm new I'm not 100% on the way to go.

 

[Gunge]

Chuck the bazooka, such devices are unnecessary and can cause problems of their own. All the gunk from pellets should settle below the tap and clear wort will flow unimpeded. Wait half an hour after switching the boiler off before cracking the tap. 2 weeks in the FV at your fermentation temperature, and a further week at 1 or 2°C will see any particulates and much of the yeast fall to the bottom.

 

[Pete83]

Thanks for the advice Gunge.

 

[-Bezza-]

Thanks Bezza, I'm only 3 days in and it appears to be going well. I'm not too familiar with cold crashing but will research it. I understand it involves lowering the temperature to let the particles drop for clearing? My plan was to ferment out around 7-10 days then rack for the same again prior to bottling but if its not causing an issue I'll leave it. Any views on timescales from here as I'm new I'm not 100% on the way to go.

Cold crashing is exactly that - turning the fridge temp down so it's just above freezing and leaving for a few days. It's amazing how much things drop out of suspension. Someone on here mentioned that you can use whatever is left at the bottom to make bread, which I'll be doing on my next brew!

I would say there is no need for a secondary.

 

[Pete83]

Much appreciated Bezza and good luck with your bread!

 

[MarkBowie]

What they said above. Good luck!

 

[Pete83]

Thanks Mark.