FIRST REAL RUN

[KubotaBE100]

I am using BW's recipe as it come so highly regarded on this forum. It's a 20 liter run. Its been 10 days since it was started, We keep the house pretty cool and even with the belt warmer it stayed right around 22 to 23 Celsius. According to this pic it should be ready for a stripping run. So my question is, When doing the stripping run does one pull the heads and tails out and when doing the finishing run do the exact same thing?. I do believe I read on this sight that you do but I have not been able to find the post again. SG was 1.08 on the nose and here we are 10 days later. How does the color look?

Thank you all so much for your input!

[DavidWatkins]

Looks a touch cloudy but I've charged worse things into my boiler.

If you let it sit another day or two some of the yeast may settle out giving you a clearer wash, but that's up to you. If you run it cloudy just know that you're going to have to clean the pot after. On the up side, boiled yeast add good nutrients for your next wash, so save that backset!

[beowoulfe]

I'm fortunate in that I have my own refrigerator (separate from wifey)! I pour off my finished wash into a 5gal bucket, not being especially careful about getting the trub in with the wash. Put the 5gal bucket in the refrig for 3 days, or more if I'm busy. When I pour that off into my boiler, the trub is almost like it is gelled on the bottom. It's very easy to NOT get that into the boiler.

You are right about the yeast loving boiled trub. I boil it with a gal of previous backset and a new wash's airlock is alive after only 15 min.