So me and my brew partner had a big brew day today making two 12G batches all-grain, and the suggestion was made by one of us (I will keep it neutral until we come to a conclusion as to who thought what,) to get more consistent beer while using 2 seperate fermentation buckets.
We brewed 12G in a keggle, then transferred it into to two 6.5G buckets. One of us thought it would be a good idea to install a tee or a wye out of the boil kettle so that we could drain the wort simultaneously into each bucket, thinking that we would get both the "bottom wort" and "top wort" equally distributed into the 2 buckets, as opposed to filling up one bucket then moving on to the next.
The side of the argument that said it wouldn't matter claimed that the sugar is equally "suspended," for lack of a better word, throughout all 12 gallons, so the wort at the bottom of the keggle is no different than the wort from the top, but at the same time acknowledged that the last bucket (assuming we drain one at a time,) would likely have more break in it, which may affect how the yeast reacted, assuming the break would provide nutrients for the yeast.
Recognizing it really probably doesn't make a sh*t, and both beers will be just fine, entertain us and let us know which side of the argument would you fall, assuming the goal was a really critical process to ensure consistency between the beer in each of the 2 fermentation buckets.
Jeff
We brewed 12G in a keggle, then transferred it into to two 6.5G buckets. One of us thought it would be a good idea to install a tee or a wye out of the boil kettle so that we could drain the wort simultaneously into each bucket, thinking that we would get both the "bottom wort" and "top wort" equally distributed into the 2 buckets, as opposed to filling up one bucket then moving on to the next.
The side of the argument that said it wouldn't matter claimed that the sugar is equally "suspended," for lack of a better word, throughout all 12 gallons, so the wort at the bottom of the keggle is no different than the wort from the top, but at the same time acknowledged that the last bucket (assuming we drain one at a time,) would likely have more break in it, which may affect how the yeast reacted, assuming the break would provide nutrients for the yeast.
Recognizing it really probably doesn't make a sh*t, and both beers will be just fine, entertain us and let us know which side of the argument would you fall, assuming the goal was a really critical process to ensure consistency between the beer in each of the 2 fermentation buckets.
Jeff