3 Mar
2003
3 Mar
'03
10:14 a.m.
Will asks:
When I was at Rick Oftel's house, I noticed he
was
skimming the boil of foam. He said something about
this stuff being responsible for causing haze. This is
something I have not really done in the past.
Any comments on the pros and cons of this method?
We always skim the crud off the top of the boil. I don't know
if it causes haze but we do it to remove the skin effect that
can cause boil overs and appears to trap a lot of hops (probably
not a problem).
If you have a big enough brew kettle with enough head space,
maybe it isn't needed. We try to maximize the brewery so
there isn't a lot of extra space.
When you fill a 23 gallon brew kettle to 22+ gallons, you don't
want it boiling all over the place.
rick