Pressurized closed transfer from fermenter to keg always having problems...

[Garage12brewing]

Hi everyone,

as my title says... I do have fermenters that I can pressurize to do pressurized fermentation, transfers etc....

When I want to transfer from the racking arm to a co2 purged keg I always end up with some hops or yeast clogged in the keg post or ball lock fitting...

Yes I do drop a some beer from the racking arm to make sure the yeast and particules are going out before I plug my hoses.

Yes I also cold crash.

Do you guys have any tips or different fittings I could use ? I always end up using my racking cane and opening the fermentor lid... 80% of the time...

Thanks !!

 

[beersk]

Can you rotate the racking arms in your fermenters? If they're pointed straight down, I can see it pulling too much from the yeast/trub cake. Other than that, it sounds like you need to mitigate this at the boil kettle level and stop letting so much hop matter get into the fermenter.

 

[Jag75]

I've tried dry hopping commando at home in my CF5 . It was a disaster. I normally bag em then suspended it half way in the beer. However I wanted to try just tossing them in. The clogging was irritating to say the least . Took me twice as long to fill a keg.

I cold crashed , flushed the racking arm but had issues. Now at the brewery I don't have issues at all . I do the same thing . I think its because a sanke keg has a bigger opening then my kegs at home .

 

[msjy2008]

I have capabilities to dry hop under pressure and transfer thru a inline triclamp filter made by brewtools Sweden to a ball lock keg.