s2cmpugh
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Anyone have any tips on how to reduce the amount of sediment post-boil?
Thanks,
Cris P.
Thanks,
Cris P.
See I used to use a strainer but found it to be more trouble than it's worth.
How can I reduce the sediment in my bottling bucket when transferring from primary to bottling bucket? I've tried to let the primary sit for a couple hours before siphoning, but I don't know :/
Thanks!
Well, the first key is to leave it sit longer. Leaving it in the fermenter for three weeks or so really helps to make a more compact trub layer.
Secondly, use a more flocculant yeast strain like nottingham or S04. Those strains form a tightly compacted yeast cake once they finish up, making it very easy to not suck up any trub.
Last, careful racking really helps. Moving the fermenter the night before you rack is helpful so that any thing stirred up can resettle overnight, and then minimize movement when you get ready to siphon. I start the siphon in the middle of the fermenter, and gently lower it as the level of the beer drops until I'm just barely above the trub. Once I start sucking up yeast (you can see the color change in the siphon tubing), I stop.
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