When pulling a sample of a saison that is near the end of fermentation, the racking arm was positioned within the level of the trub/yeast that has flocculated at this point. When opening the valve, there was a slight hesitation before some yeast came out.
It made me wonder if anyone has used a modified racking arm that could reach a bit further possibly to the bottom cone of the fermenter? At which point you could potentially dump trub and some yeast before cold crashing. After cold crashing twice in this thing it looks like the racking arm would be too small as the yeast and trub compact pretty tightly in these things to possibly dump after a crash.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
It made me wonder if anyone has used a modified racking arm that could reach a bit further possibly to the bottom cone of the fermenter? At which point you could potentially dump trub and some yeast before cold crashing. After cold crashing twice in this thing it looks like the racking arm would be too small as the yeast and trub compact pretty tightly in these things to possibly dump after a crash.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?