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02-02-2010, 05:20 PM
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Once you chill the keg, the trub will settle and you will have a cloudy pint (or two, tops). Then all the trub transferred is gone and you will have relatively clear beer. I don't sink the siphon all the way to the bottom, but I'm not afraid to suck a little trub.
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02-02-2010, 05:36 PM
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I leave no beer on the trub. If you have a nice compact trub and you do not move the siphon tube when you are transfering, the tube makes a nice pocket. Once the pocket is clear it leaves a hole for the beer to enter the siphon leaving the trub undisturbed.
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02-02-2010, 05:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by northernlad
I leave no beer on the trub. If you have a nice compact trub and you do not move the siphon tube when you are transfering, the tube makes a nice pocket. Once the pocket is clear it leaves a hole for the beer to enter the siphon leaving the trub undisturbed.
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I never thought of that. I'm excited to rack my next beer...looks like I'll get a few extra pints out of it! |
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02-02-2010, 05:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by northernlad
I leave no beer on the trub. If you have a nice compact trub and you do not move the siphon tube when you are transfering, the tube makes a nice pocket. Once the pocket is clear it leaves a hole for the beer to enter the siphon leaving the trub undisturbed.
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I find that after a month in primary my trub/yeastcake is really compacted, so I leave little to no beer behind, then with my diptube in my bottling bucket, and very little gunk racked over from the primary, I tend to get 48 to 54 bottles from a batch. It really all depends on the recipe, and whether or not I dry hopped or there was fruit of something in primary.
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02-02-2010, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Nurmey
If you let your cake compact by leaving it longer, you should be able to set you auto siphon down on it and let it suck almost dry.
I probably leave a couple ounces on the top of the cake and my bottles or kegs only have a dusting of yeast after aging and carbonating.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Revvy
I find that after a month in primary my trub/yeastcake is really compacted, so I leave little to no beer behind, then with my diptube in my bottling bucket, and very little gunk racked over from the primary, I tend to get 48 to 54 bottles from a batch. It really all depends on the recipe, and whether or not I dry hopped or there was fruit of something in primary.
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same here. Tilt the carboy by putting one side on a book or 2x4 and start the siphon . I leave a few oz behind at most . I do cold crash every beer though so that really helps compact the cake.
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02-02-2010, 10:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Revvy
I find that after a month in primary my trub/yeastcake is really compacted, so I leave little to no beer behind, then with my diptube in my bottling bucket, and very little gunk racked over from the primary, I tend to get 48 to 54 bottles from a batch. It really all depends on the recipe, and whether or not I dry hopped or there was fruit of something in primary.
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In my attempt to recreate your diptube I drilled the bucket hole too low. By the time I get to the end of bottling, I just have to tip it and all I leave behind is about an ounce of dregs. |
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02-02-2010, 11:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: San Angelo, Texas
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Originally Posted by springer
same here. Tilt the carboy by putting one side on a book or 2x4 and start the siphon . I leave a few oz behind at most . I do cold crash every beer though so that really helps compact the cake.
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X2 on tilting the carboy. Gently, gently !!
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