Dump or siphon?

[davekippen]

Hey pros, what are the advantages / disadvantages of dumping vs siphoning wort into the fermentor?

 

[Yooper]

Siphoning means not having to lift up a heavy pot of wort? Otherwise, I got nothin'.

It doesn't matter a bit.

 

[bad67z]

siphon = less contact with the air, lower potential for infection. My $.02

 

[Revvy]

It's one of those things that is a matter of personal preference and nothing else. Some dump everything in, without straining, just pour it in the bucket or in the funnel....Some use a big strainer that fit in the funnel for a carboy, or a sanitized 5 gallon nylon paint strainer bag in the bucket...

I have done it all ways. It really doesn't matter...anything will settle.

In other words, there is no wrong way to do it, or better way, or way that will make the best beer...they all work...the choice is what will work the best for you. That's how you develop you own unique brewing process. By trying all ways and deciding what works best for you.

What I do with my IC, is chill the wort, then I lean the bottom of my autosiphon about two coils up from the bottom on the metal of the siphon. That rests it above most of the break material and trub, then I rack it to the fermenter until I'm down to that and carefully lower the siphon down into the gunk, just trying to get as much of the wort as possible without letting in the hops and break matter.

But pretty much up until I got my immersion chiller I just dumped for the majority of my batches. And I still managed to do well in contests...

I find that long primaries render my beer just as clear, and crisp tasting regardless of whether I dumped it all in or not....so I just do what works for me.....

You have to realize that in brewing there are many way to achieve the same goal, and they all work. There's rarely a single right way or best way to do something, just the way that is best for you.

 

[DogTail]

If you have a bucket for a carboy then dump with a kitchen strainer on top of the bucket to catch any hops that are still floating around; it's faster and helps airate the wort
If you have glass carboy then siphon into the carboy or dump into a bottling bucket with the strainer then use the spigot with a short tube to get it into the carboy
I've been using this method with great results

 

[Gunrunner]

If I use a bucket I dump and if I am useing a carboy I use a funel and dump (for extract 3 gallon boil). If I am doing a full boil in a Keggle I have a valve and a hose that I place right into Carboy. All of them work with no problems for me.

 

[badbrew]

Dumping into a bucket from a foot above produces a ton of foam = aeration.

 

[Balto]

In other words, there is no wrong way to do it, or better way, or way that will make the best beer...they all work...the choice is what will work the best for you. That's how you develop you own unique brewing process. By trying all ways and deciding what works best for you.

You have to realize that in brewing there are many ways to achieve the same goal, and they all work. There's rarely a single right way or best way to do something, just the way that is best for you.

Best statement I've ever read on here! That about clears up most of my questions!!!!