TO STIR OR NOT TO STIR

[matty]

I have a brew 2 days into fermentation with a good trub on the top is it best to leave it, stir it in or skim it off ??

[mac]

I have a brew 2 days into fermentation with a good trub on the top is it best to leave it, stir it in or skim it off ??

Just leave it, it'll be fine. It'll probably flatten soon.

[mac]

You say tomato and I say tomato, you say potato and I say potato. It doesn't work the same without the American accent does it

If there are any nasty looking bits of trub floating on the head, I do the same to be honest, but when you said 'a good trub on the top' I assumed you meant, a good head

[matty]

Cheers guys, i think i will skim the top off later and see how it goes !!

[CyberPaddy66]

Personally I skim trub to avoid the risk of off flavours from it. Leave the yeast head in tact as much as possible (although this isn't always possible).

If you have a top fermenting yeast you'll be throwing away your yeast with your skim, I'd leave it be unless your certain it's a bottom fermenter and even then I'd leave it alone, less chance of infection!

[Parva]

Mine gets put to bed for 10 days and that's it, I never interfere with it regardless of what's going on.