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Im looking for some ideas to keep cold break out of my fermentor. I have plate chiller n I make a single pass n then right into the fermentor but with this method you get alot cold break in the carboy. So if a beer is gonna ferment longer than 2 weeks i would chill in a carboy let it settle n them rack into another carboy n then ferment. This is a pain though n id like some other ideas to make it easier. Thnks

The only other method would be to make a filtering like unit out of a hop rocket. To keep cold break out, the filter would have to be on the out side of the chiller which is pretty risky for contamination.

so long as you use a carboy, your method of transferring is probably the best.

if you have a conical fermenter, you can just open the bottom valve and dump the cold break.

Use an immersion chiller and leave the cold break in the kettle.

I used to use a immersion chiller but upgraded so no sense in downgrading

I wouldn't call it a downgrade. Just a different style. That's one of the downsides to buying a plate chiller. +1, just buy a conical.

True oz, nothing wrong with immersion chiller. I just meant on my system

I use a plate chiller too and let the cold break settle in the fermenter then transfer off into another fermenter since I don't have conicals. I'm designing a new bigger kettle (1 BBL) and will use an immersion chiller with a whirlpool port in the side of the kettle. Then use a rotating racking arm and sight glass to transfer to the fermenter to keep the cold break out of the fermenter. Should save some time.