Closed transfer using a flotit2.0

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I brewed a triple IPA that requires dry hopping. I use a plastic bucket with a spigot for fermentation and planning on doing a closed transfer to my keg. My question is, how do I do that while using a flotit2.0? My plan is to add the two stage hops, hold them in place using magnets above the beer until it is time and then slide the bag with the sous vide magnet into the beer.

I am not able to figure out how to transfer beer from the fermenter to the keg with the flotit2.0 dip tube without clogging the filter. Would using an inline beer filter while doing the transfer help?

Thank you!
 
I am not able to figure out how to transfer beer from the fermenter to the keg with the flotit2.0 dip tube without clogging the filter. Would using an inline beer filter while doing the transfer help?
Yes an inline filter would help. I do closed transfers through filtered floating diptubes all the time, but in my case the beer is also coming out of the fermenter through a filtered floating dip tube.
 
Would using an inline beer filter while doing the transfer help?
Yes. If that gets clogged you can always dump it mid transfer. I fill my inline filter with star san, connect it to a different keg, start pushing beer until the line is completely filled with beer then move it to the serving keg. Keeps the O2 out
 
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Yes. If that gets clogged you can always dump it mid transfer. I feel my inline filter with star san, connect it to a different keg, start pushing beer until the line is completely filled with beer then move it to the serving keg. Keeps the O2 out
I purge CO2 through mine (usually by doing a keg-to-key sanitiser transfer) to ensure there's zero oxygen in my bounce + line. The only way I transfer beer now. It's great for keeping floating hop debris out of NEIPAs during kegging.
 
Does your bucket have a spigot at the bottom? I use a floating dip tube on my keg, connect a tube from the spigot on the bucket to the out of the keg and let gravity do it's thing. I run the beer into the keg until I am just about at the sediment at the bottom of the bucket. I have not had any issues with clogging at all. Maybe I just am getting lucky.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I am thinking of getting the Bouncer inline filter but instead of the red filter use the blue or white for transfer. You guys have good experience with this filter?

Thanks again!
 
Does your bucket have a spigot at the bottom? I use a floating dip tube on my keg, connect a tube from the spigot on the bucket to the out of the keg and let gravity do it's thing. I run the beer into the keg until I am just about at the sediment at the bottom of the bucket. I have not had any issues with clogging at all. Maybe I just am getting lucky.
Yes, I do. My concern is that the recipe called for tons of hops and I’ll end up clogging the dip tube filter.
 
Does your bucket have a spigot at the bottom? I use a floating dip tube on my keg, connect a tube from the spigot on the bucket to the out of the keg and let gravity do it's thing. I run the beer into the keg until I am just about at the sediment at the bottom of the bucket. I have not had any issues with clogging at all. Maybe I just am getting lucky.
You're probably "getting lucky" because you don't transfer until the beer has cleared in the fermenter. Or you cold crash before you transfer. Or both.
 
You're probably "getting lucky" because you don't transfer until the beer has cleared in the fermenter. Or you cold crash before you transfer. Or both.
I think you may be right. My typical routine is to transfer my wort to my fermenter, pitch yeast and let it sit for at least 2 weeks. Once I see a nice layer of sediment at the bottom, I time it so I do my dry hops, if any, and have an open day 3 to 4 days after to either keg or bottle. My beer isn't perfectly clear, but most of the crud has settled to the bottom of the bucket below the level of the spigot.
 
Yes, I do. My concern is that the recipe called for tons of hops and I’ll end up clogging the dip tube filter.
I have a hop bag that I use for dry hops. If memory serves, I have done up to 3 or 4 ounces on a few batches and he bag seems to catch most of the crud, but I have to admit I don't remember the exact numbers

Another option, that was suggested to me, was to put a piece of wood under your bucket to tilt it away from the spigot. That might help with the sediment being below the level of the spigot. I tried it once and it worked out really well.
 
Another option, that was suggested to me, was to put a piece of wood under your bucket to tilt it away from the spigot. That might help with the sediment being below the level of the spigot. I tried it once and it worked out really well.
That is a good idea. I forgot to mention that I split my wort into two fermenters before pitching. So a combination of tilting and inline filter might be okay.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I am thinking of getting the Bouncer inline filter but instead of the red filter use the blue or white for transfer. You guys have good experience with this filter?

Thanks again!
I use white for everything. Never had it clog, even with 12oz of dry hop in a 6 gal batch.
 
If I'm transferring into a keg with a filter on the dip tube, I will fill through the gas tube with the keg on its side to minimize foaming.
 
If I'm transferring into a keg with a filter on the dip tube, I will fill through the gas tube with the keg on its side to minimize foaming.
I use this from brewhardware. Fill via the keg liquid tube and dispense through the top with this. Bobby did offer to discount the price if I already had a floating diptube. Could also use a carbonation lid.
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/cornylidfloating.htm
 
When compared with the flotit2.0, how does this dip tube perform? I think I am still within the return window so if need be I can return the flotit2.0 amd grab the whole thing.
 
I've been doing dry hopping in the serving keg for a while, largely to avoid the whole issue of clogs during transfer. I've had no trouble with clogging the FLOTit or CBDS unit in the serving keg.

When I next try dry hopping in the fermenter, I'm planning to use FLOTit floating dip tubes in the fermenter AND in the serving keg. My hope is that the screens of the fermenter FLOTit will protect everything downstream from clogging. I may even dry hop in both the fermenter and the serving keg!
 
When compared with the flotit2.0, how does this dip tube perform? I think I am still within the return window so if need be I can return the flotit2.0 amd grab the whole thing.
Being totally honest i purchased a FLOTit based on comments and reviews but haven’t used it yet. I have the floating diptube that came with my Fermzilla and it has worked great for transfers. I then have the floating diptube that came with the lid, essentially the same as the Fermzilla one, the keg now and it has worked well. That said I expect my daughter to start screaming for super hopped beer in the rotation so I will probably consider using the FLOTit then.
I will say the closed transfer into the purged keg through the onboard diptube and serving through the lid floating one has worked great for me so far.
My point is that sibelman and others probably have more experience with dry hopping and can better guide us both.
 
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