Are You A Skimmer

[Mr Bond]

Thats disgusting :excl:

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Oh sorry I thought it said are you a RIMMER :lol:

 

[Darren]

I skim.
Only reason is because with 47 litres in the kettle before boil, skimming once it has just come to a boil stops the boil over.

Beers,
Doc

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Same here, cooked on wort all over the outside of the kettle is a pain to clean. Plus, it gives me something to do whilst waiting for it to come to the boil.

cheers
Darren

 

[Darren]

i thought because it's full of hop bits that it'd be better off in the boil

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Tangent. Simple, don't add your hops until the boil has started and skimmed. If you want flavour just add them when the the flame is off.

cheers
Darren

 

[Tony]

I read that adding a little bit of hops the the kettle before the boil )FWH) will break the surface tension and prevent boilovers but it hant worked for me yet.

I boil for 75 min and dont add my hops till 60 min.

If i use POR flowers i chuck em in my hopp basket FWH though.

still dont skim

better things to do

cheers

 

[Jazman]

yep i do but if im fwh i dont bother

 

[Malnourished]

I skim, except when FWHing. It means slightly less break material in the fermenter before I rack off, so slightly more wort.

Sometimes I reckon it makes a small difference in terms of clarity of flavours or something, but who knows. It looks like something I don't want in my beer, so that's a good enough reason for me.

Has anyone noticed that JW pils malt gives a REALLY thick, dense scum? Must be really high protein or something...

 

[kirem]

I believe barls is a skimmer puke!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Has anyone noticed that JW pils malt gives a REALLY thick, dense scum? Must be really high protein or something...

Yeah I have noticed that, will have a bag of JWM Pale soon, so I will be able to compare, but the Pils does seem to give a thick scum

 

[sosman]

I skim for no other reason than I find the scum layer seems to encourage boilovers.

 

[Murray]

Skim the boil - no

Skim in primary - sometimes...

Cheers,
TL

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I skim both.

 

[Sean]

I skim.
Only reason is because with 47 litres in the kettle before boil, skimming once it has just come to a boil stops the boil over.

Beers,
Doc

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Likewise

 

[dicko]

I do, most of the time.

Do commercial or micro breweries skim the hot break??

Cheers

 

[Batz]

I have done both
There is no differance IMO,so no I don't skim anymore.

Boil overs

You may already know this but perhaps it is help to some newer brewers
Keep a spray bottle of cool boiled water,if you can see a boil over building up spray the surface with the water.
You may have to keep this up for a little while while the break is happening but,you'll never have a boil over again.

Cheers
Batz

 

[peas_and_corn]

Hmm... i haven't skimmed before and have thought about skimming to avoid boil overs... but, I have a 100L pot and currently don't do huge boils (yet), so it's not an issue right now. However, I am thinking about trying out both 'spray' and 'skim' methods...