I'm listening to the Session and they're talking about ways to drop hot break out of solution prior to fermentation. Doc first uses an immersion chiller and once the wort is chilled, he says the hot break falls to the bottom of the boil kettle, and then he uses a counterflow chiller. Tasty uses a whirlpool and then I believe some kind of plate chiller. After the wort is in his conical, he'll drop the hot break from the bottom of the cone prior to adding yeast. I've never heard of doing stuff like this. You can't argue with results, but is all of this necessary? Can you not ferment and then leave the trub in the bottom of the fermenter when transferring to the keg? Is there an advantage to fermenting with no hot break? :? If there is a problem with leaving hot break in the fermenter, I have a hopback that I never use. Would it be reasonable to hook up the hopback on the cool side of the counterflow chiller to filter out hot break? Should I even bother? Brewinhard, where are you?