Primary fermentation in corny keg

[superdave12]

Another less detrimental option to cutting the diptube referenced multiple times on HBT...bend your diptube. I did this after the first time my diptube clogged, its not very fun. I have bent mine to just below the bottom weld line on the 5gal corney. Doesnt seem to leave much beer behind, just the cold break/yeast. Your results may vary, but if you primarily use the same yeast strains & brewing process the trub line shouldnt vary much.

Why not just keep the keg upside down so the yeast and trub settle on the other end?

 

[beersk]

Why not just keep the keg upside down so the yeast and trub settle on the other end?

How would you transfer then? You'd have to tip it back over stirring all the yeast back in. Plus, that'd be a huge pain to clean.

 

[superdave12]

Slowly lay it on its side with the fluid side up and then transfer out with CO2. I don't think it would be hard to clean at all. Just spray with a hose or sink sprayer. I always rinse out and then sanitize by filing with Star San solution and purging with CO2.

 

[mhermetz]

Definitely resurrecting an old thread here but a word to the wise... DO NOT Cold crash while still having your blowoff tubing connected. I dumped .5gal of starsan into 2 cornies last night. I completely forgot about the cold pressure drop