looneybomber
Well-Known Member
So I tried whirlfloc for the first time tonight. I do partial mashes on the stove (BIAB). Tonight I used 8lbs of grain and 7lbs of DME. I mashed in kettle one (2.5gal) and sparged in kettle two (1.75gal). I combined and added water till I hit 3.75gal.
Normally, using that much grain means I get a lot of debris floating in the wort that takes FOREVER to settle out, so I tried whirlfloc to speed up the process.
Boil finished around 6:30'ish, I whirlpooled it, and put it in my 35deg container of water outside. Around 7 when it was cool enough, I brought it in and set it on the counter. I racked it to my fermenter around 9:30, giving it plenty of time to settle...just like I always do.
As I start racking, I keep the end up on the auto siphon near the surface of the wort, sucking bubbles every once in a while. Worts flowing nice and clear...for about 1 gallon. Nearly the next 3 gallons it looked like I was sucking chocolate milk (brewed a porter). Normally, with a lot of grain, I get that towards the last 1 gallon and feel bad for having to waste that gallon, but 3/4 of the wort was like that! I can't just dump everything down the drain and leave only about 1.5 gallons (once I add top-up water to lower the gravity) to ferment.
Any ideas what happened? I see so many rave reviews on whirlfloc and thus far this has been the dirtiest, nastiest wort ever. I've done batches with 14lbs of grain and 6oz of hops and it was very close to being as bad as this, but it was because I racked over too much hop material.
Normally, using that much grain means I get a lot of debris floating in the wort that takes FOREVER to settle out, so I tried whirlfloc to speed up the process.
Boil finished around 6:30'ish, I whirlpooled it, and put it in my 35deg container of water outside. Around 7 when it was cool enough, I brought it in and set it on the counter. I racked it to my fermenter around 9:30, giving it plenty of time to settle...just like I always do.
As I start racking, I keep the end up on the auto siphon near the surface of the wort, sucking bubbles every once in a while. Worts flowing nice and clear...for about 1 gallon. Nearly the next 3 gallons it looked like I was sucking chocolate milk (brewed a porter). Normally, with a lot of grain, I get that towards the last 1 gallon and feel bad for having to waste that gallon, but 3/4 of the wort was like that! I can't just dump everything down the drain and leave only about 1.5 gallons (once I add top-up water to lower the gravity) to ferment.
Any ideas what happened? I see so many rave reviews on whirlfloc and thus far this has been the dirtiest, nastiest wort ever. I've done batches with 14lbs of grain and 6oz of hops and it was very close to being as bad as this, but it was because I racked over too much hop material.