I bought a 25Gal (100L) conical stainless fermenter for my larger than usual batches.
The main idea is to prim directly in the fermenter to skip transferring to the priming vessel and, hence, preserve hop flavors as much as possible.
I'm wondering if a conical fermenter allows to drain all the trub before priming or if there is always some remaining at the bottom (which will get back to suspension when I will stir the priming solution), my feeling is that you can never drain all the trub, because a channel gets created in the trub cone, that allows beer to flow instead of the trub.
Maybe I could prim, stir a little bit and let it settle back down for a couple of hours, but will that be enough to get the same clarity?
Thanks
The main idea is to prim directly in the fermenter to skip transferring to the priming vessel and, hence, preserve hop flavors as much as possible.
I'm wondering if a conical fermenter allows to drain all the trub before priming or if there is always some remaining at the bottom (which will get back to suspension when I will stir the priming solution), my feeling is that you can never drain all the trub, because a channel gets created in the trub cone, that allows beer to flow instead of the trub.
Maybe I could prim, stir a little bit and let it settle back down for a couple of hours, but will that be enough to get the same clarity?
Thanks
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