How to stop the floury sediment

Make grain beers with the absolute minimum of equipment. Discuss here.
Post Reply
nigebeer

How to stop the floury sediment

Post by nigebeer » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:54 am

I have done a few BIAB's now and all successful with quite a bit of time saving.
One problem, which from the forums suggest it is a common one is that a lot of floury sediment from the mash gets carried over into the fermenting vessel and I end up with about 20mm in the bottom.
I have tried jugging about 30ltrs of the first runnings but this doesnt seem to work, whereas it did when brewing with the old 3 vessel system.
I was thinking about buying one of those small 12v solar pumps and let it re-circulate until the filter in the bottom of the boiler starts to run clear, has anybody done this before?

User avatar
alexlark
Under the Table
Posts: 1403
Joined: Thu May 02, 2013 12:29 pm
Location: Rhondda, South Wales

Re: How to stop the floury sediment

Post by alexlark » Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:48 pm

To cut down on the sediment I use a very fine bag, irish moss in the boil, after the wort is cooled I leave it sit with the lid on for 30 mins and then siphon from the top. I always end up with an inch of cr@p at the bottom of the fermenter but it doesn't effect anything.

There is a thread on here somewhere whereby a guy split the wort and intentionally carried a load of cr@p over to the fermenter, a side-by-side taste test proved it didn't matter.

AnthonyUK

Re: How to stop the floury sediment

Post by AnthonyUK » Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:51 pm

After I raise the bag I 'vorlauf' for 5-10 mins back through the bag and grain using a jug.
I had a problem with this that caused the element in my Buffalo to go and since starting this the element is almost clear post boil and hasn't cut out once either.

Post Reply