Cold break and Lagers

[kitoog]

I brewed a lager earlier and added the yeast,two packs of safale-23 at 7C. There is about an inch of cold break at the bottom of the fermenter now as I forgot to rack the beer to another fv before adding the yeast. Well anyway anyone know should I just leave as is now or if I transfer now will enough yeast be carried over to another fermenter ?. I really need to get a ss mesh hop strainer sorted . I plan to start ferment at 7C then raise to fermentation temp of 10C over a few days. I will post up the recipe later, its a lager from brewing classic styles.

 

[Wendy1971]

we never transfer the wort to another fv after ferment is finished then transfer to another fv to clear before bottling etc

 

[Dunfie]

Just leave it there - the yeast will sort it all out. I use a CFC to chill my beer so all the cold break always ends up in the primary and it has never effected any of my beers.

 

[kitoog]

good stuff, really looking forward to see how this lager turns out. Luckily I have an ale ready for bottling next week, could be two months before I am drinking the lager .

Subcategory: Bohemian Pilsener
Recipe Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 27 liters
Volume Boiled: 27.01 liters
Mash Efficiency: 80 %
5.35 kg. Pilsner Malt
0.4 kg. Weyermann Carapils®/Carafoam®
47.58 g. Czech Saaz (Whole, 3.8 %AA) boiled 60 minutes.
59.47 g. Czech Saaz (Whole, 3.8 %AA) boiled 30 minutes.
33.3 g. Czech Saaz (Whole, 3.8 %AA) boiled 10 minutes.
33.3 g. Czech Saaz (Whole, 3.8 %AA) boiled 1 minutes.
Yeast: Fermentis S-23 Saflager S-23