I have recently taken the advice of many on this thread and gone with a longer primary and no secondary. My first brew is ready for packaging today!!!!
I have a saison that has been in primary 4 weeks. I have it on the kitchen counter settling out right now while I take care of some other chores. My question is this:
What's the best way to leave behind to most trub? I have an autosiphon that I use to rack into my bottling bucket. But I am not used to dealing with this much trub on bottling day. In times past I have racked to a secondary for clarification and then siphoned off a much more compact trub/yeast cake.
Any tips or tricks you guys can share before I start? My plan is to let it sit on the counter (covered it with a trash bag to keep out the light) for 2-3 hours before I try to siphon. Then I planned on holding the siphon above the trub and trying to get as much liquid as I can without disturbing it.
I have a saison that has been in primary 4 weeks. I have it on the kitchen counter settling out right now while I take care of some other chores. My question is this:
What's the best way to leave behind to most trub? I have an autosiphon that I use to rack into my bottling bucket. But I am not used to dealing with this much trub on bottling day. In times past I have racked to a secondary for clarification and then siphoned off a much more compact trub/yeast cake.
Any tips or tricks you guys can share before I start? My plan is to let it sit on the counter (covered it with a trash bag to keep out the light) for 2-3 hours before I try to siphon. Then I planned on holding the siphon above the trub and trying to get as much liquid as I can without disturbing it.