I now have a conical fermenter and I’m trying to figure out the best way to dry hop in the conical without clogging the racking arm. I plan on dropping the pellets directly into the conical without a bag or container and then pressure transferring. For those of you who do this, what is your process to not clog the racking arm when pressure transferring? Thanks a lot.
Dry hopping in conical without clogging
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IMHO the best process is to size up your recipe to allow for about 1/2 gallon of waste/trube. Then drop the yeast after primary fermentation is over. Dry hop on whatever schedule you are on. 1-3 days prior to racking to kegs dump the hops out the bottom.
This should give you a decent shot at racking without clogging. Another tip is to dump the first beer that you take through the racking arm to waste. Run a little bit into a cup or jar until you see clear beer. This will stop those first few ounces containing some hops/trube from clogging up your poppets right out of the chute.
This should give you a decent shot at racking without clogging. Another tip is to dump the first beer that you take through the racking arm to waste. Run a little bit into a cup or jar until you see clear beer. This will stop those first few ounces containing some hops/trube from clogging up your poppets right out of the chute.
I turn the racking arm to 90°.
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Cold crash. Dump. Wait a few days. Repeat. You will end up losing more beer from your batch as posted above. But can get nice clear beer, no clogs this way.
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fit a floating dip tube on the racking arm.
Thanks, I thought dumping the yeast and dumping the hops would help. Also I like the idea of the racking arm at 90° or even pointing a little towards the floor so it doesn’t catch dropping yeast or hops and make a plug.
I've done both methods mentioned above. I "cold crashed" just to like 55F and the dry hops really precipitated out.
I also like transferring out with floating dip tube, with FLOTit 2.0, which has a mesh screen. Floating dip tube combined with a cold/cool crash works great.
I've thought about trying the floating dip tube on the rack arm, but have never tried. Seems like it should work, though.
I also like transferring out with floating dip tube, with FLOTit 2.0, which has a mesh screen. Floating dip tube combined with a cold/cool crash works great.
I've thought about trying the floating dip tube on the rack arm, but have never tried. Seems like it should work, though.
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I've considered doing this on both my conical and unitank but have concerns about the line getting hung up on the cooling coils. Is there a workable solution, other than buying a jacketed fermenter?
I've stuck to dry hopping in a bag . One time I just dumped the pellets in and it was clog city. I just use a large enough bag and it's been fine .
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Understand cold crash will send the hops to the bottom, however how to avoid clogging when gravity checking to work out when to start cold crashing? New to brewing - should I just stop with final gravity check until after cold crashing, and just wait a little longer to start cold crashing after activity has stopped?
Wait until it hits FG before cold crashing. Just be mindful of suck back during a cold crash . Put some co2 on it while crashing
