bhughes

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I've read about techniques for whirlpooling the wort before siphoning the beer into the primary bucket in order to keep out the trub stuff. For my first batch, however, I did not do this and I simply poured the wort into the primary and left just a little wort remaining in the kettle to keep from pouring all the trub into the primary bucket.
I was wondering what people do to keep the trub out of the bottling bucket once the primary fermentation is over. I don't think you want to whirlpool here b/c it might introduce oxygen? I was planning on just leaving about an inch of beer on the bottom of the primary fermenter when siphoning to keep from sucking up too much trub. Does anyone have a better technique that doesn't waste as much beer?

Yambor44

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I just use an auto siphon. It has a piece on the bottom that is solid and keeps me from sucking up too much trub. I even place a small towel under one side of the bucket or carboy to make sure I get as much of the beer as I can.

Don't forget to sanitize!

YouTube - Home Brewing Tools : Home-Brewing Auto Siphon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpE9RH5yUzw

bhughes

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Can you put something on the end of the siphon like a sponge to act as a filter? Would that clog up?

undallas

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You don't need to salvage all the liquid in your primary. That's why we all all a little more water to make sure we have our 5G batch. The key is to have enough spacing between the trub and your siphoning device.
I would highly recommend auto-siphon.. it is easy and relatively low cost.

Otherwise, if you have a plastic primary.. drill a hole and put a spigot for racking and bottling.

For glass, autosiphon would be your choice.

Yambor44

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No need with the auto siphon.

ifishsum

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Even the standard cheap racking cane should have a plastic tip on the end to keep trub out.

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histo320

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I just keep about .5 to 1 inch of space from the trub to the siphon. I don't really care about having exactly 5 gal, 4 or 5 fewer beers is okay with me (and makes SWMBO happy too)

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Pogo

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I haven't tried it yet...but I intend to wrap a coffee filter around the foot of my racking cane and use a plastic zip-tie to clamp it to the tube.

Hopefully it won't be too restrictive, and will let the siphon flow.

Pogo

bhughes

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This is my first brew so I haven't used my autosiphon yet. It sounds like this won't be a problem based on the fact that there is something on the siphon that keeps the trub out. But I guess you still end up leaving a some beer behind in the primary in order to keep from sucking up the trub at the bottom?

dontman

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You are overcomplicating it. I would have to try to suck up anything with the siphon. On the primary where there is a ton of trub by the time I am racking it is so compact that it just doesn't loosen up enough to go up the siphon. I can actually rest my cane on top of the trub and get almost no sediment at all.

Putting a coffee filter over the end of the cane is just overkill and probably will do A LOT more harm in oxidation than any benefit you derive. Especially since you will get no benefit.

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