ZeMadMonkey
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I have an SS Brewtech 7 gallon Chronical. I have only brewed and fermented with it once so far.
When I used the dump valve, the 3/4" ball valve, attached to a 90 degree elbow, after day two of fermentation I got about 30-40% trub and 60-70% beer. I always do a whirlpool and let it settle for 15-20 mins before draining it into my carboy, now Chronical. I think I have prevented a majority of the trub from making it into my fermentation vessel.
I attempted to collect the yeast after a week of fermentation, right before dry hopping. I got mostly liquid and it was hard to tell what was yeast and what was beer. I closed it off not wanting to lose too much beer. After 5 days of dry hopping I drained the beer into the keg. After which, I checked out what was inside the Chronical and saw a large peanut butter/dough ball of yeast in the Chronical.
Does anyone have any experience or best practices from dropping the yeast in a conical? FYI I was using WLP002 which is HIGH flocculation. The beer I made from my first conical fermentation was awesome! I am just looking at better ways to harvest the yeast using the conical.
When I used the dump valve, the 3/4" ball valve, attached to a 90 degree elbow, after day two of fermentation I got about 30-40% trub and 60-70% beer. I always do a whirlpool and let it settle for 15-20 mins before draining it into my carboy, now Chronical. I think I have prevented a majority of the trub from making it into my fermentation vessel.
I attempted to collect the yeast after a week of fermentation, right before dry hopping. I got mostly liquid and it was hard to tell what was yeast and what was beer. I closed it off not wanting to lose too much beer. After 5 days of dry hopping I drained the beer into the keg. After which, I checked out what was inside the Chronical and saw a large peanut butter/dough ball of yeast in the Chronical.
Does anyone have any experience or best practices from dropping the yeast in a conical? FYI I was using WLP002 which is HIGH flocculation. The beer I made from my first conical fermentation was awesome! I am just looking at better ways to harvest the yeast using the conical.