Trub?

[dunks]

Hey guys, just transferred my first brew from the FV to a secondary to let it settle before bottling in the next day or so.

This was what was left at the bottom:

Does this look normal? I've looked around at photos of 'trub' but this looks quite different, what with the little craters and stuff.

Any ideas? :

 

[wilsoa1111]

looks normal to me, craters are just air bubbles being released- is more to do with gerneral consistency and smell, after a few positive brews u get alot more chilled and exp

 

[mattrickl06]

Looks fine to me - so long as it resembles an aliens after-birth then you should be fine :party:

 

[calumscott]

Looks lovely, the little craters form around where the CO2 bubbles nucleate...

Healthy crop all in all! :thumb:

 

[joe1002]

+1, looks good to me :thumb:

 

[PD]

If its your first brew you've transferred...note the amount of trub deposited. Now leave the brew in the 2nd fv for at least a week, then transfer to another fv or back to the cleaned first one and look how much trub has been deposited again. Bet you a dollar decide to leave it longer in the first fv in future or adopt the 2nd fv method...more debris dropped in the fv's the cleaner your bottled beer.

 

[dunks]

Awesome.

Was just a bit worried because after fermentation stopped after around a week, I planned to bottle it pretty quickly after (recommended by people who've followed the same recipe), but instead had to leave it for two weeks (out of town) and when I came back it looked a lot darker in the FV, but when I took a sample it was still nice and light (but a lot clearer, it's meant to be a wheat beer!).

 

[craigite]

Wheat beer...

Looking like that I'd probably end up drinking a good few pints before it got to the bottles.
:thumb:

 

[simonlpearce]

So after fermenting, how long should we leave beer in the FV before moving to a secondary, then how long should it stay in the secondary FV before bottling?

 

[cwiseman77]

So after fermenting, how long should we leave beer in the FV before moving to a secondary, then how long should it stay in the secondary FV before bottling?

Few days after fermentation has finished then second FV for 10-14 days ideally