transferring from pot to fermenter methods

[TheCollector]

I see lots of people do it differently. What's your method? Why?

With whole leaf hops in a grain bag during the boil I just pull the bag out, cool the wort with a chiller, then poor in the fermenter from really high up so it splashes a lot to airate then top off with pre-boiled water also held high, then pitch yeast

 

[CBMbrewer]

I pour back and forth from kettle to bucket. Sometimes I'll sanitize my three gallon kettle so I don't have to do that with five gallons. Unless its an ipa with a bunch of hops I just leave the hops in. If it is an ipa I use a hop spider and pull it out after its cooled.

 

[petey_c]

Collector, here's a link to some more replies in a similar vein...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/brew-pot-primary-transfer-403690/

 

[Shenanigan]

whirlpool after cooling and then siphon to fermenter. I have just used dry yeast so I haven't worried much about aerating.

 

[two_one_seven]

I have a ported kettle with a ball valve. Attach tubing and open valve. I then aerate with oxygen through a stainless steel stone....you can shake to aerate too. O2 is just a heck of a lot easier. Even with dry yeast you need to aerate. +1 on whirlpool.

 

[Beernik]

I siphon to leave hops and trub behind. I only pour from the kettle if my siphon keeps clogging. I have a very long stir rod I attach to my drill for aerating the wort once it's transferred.

 

[chicken]

I just pour it, and then pour it back and forth a few times to aerate it.

 

[unionrdr]

I whirlpool while chilling the wort. Realized I was doing it without a concious thought. Then stop stirring the wort when it chills down close to the temp where the cold top off water will get it down to ferment temp. Then pour the chilled wort through a large dual layer fine mesh strainer. Pouring slowly in a circular motion makes the wort come out the bottom of the strainer like rain,aerating the wort. I then pour the cold jugs of local spring water from a height into the fermenter to recipe volume. then stir roughly 5 minutes to mix wort & top off water well. Take hydrometer sample & pitch yeast.

 

[kh54s10]

Chill, pull the bag of hops, open the kettle valve, shake the bejeebers out of the fermenter then pitch the yeast.

 

[Shenanigan]

I have a ported kettle with a ball valve. Attach tubing and open valve. I then aerate with oxygen through a stainless steel stone....you can shake to aerate too. O2 is just a heck of a lot easier. Even with dry yeast you need to aerate. +1 on whirlpool.

From Danstar's site:

Do I need to aerate the wort before pitching dry yeast? No, there is no need to aerate the wort but it does not harm the yeast either. During its aerobic production, dry yeast accumulates sufficient amounts of unsaturated fatty acids and sterols to produce enough biomass in the first stage of fermentation. The only reason to aerate the wort when using wet yeast is to provide the yeast with oxygen so that it can produce sterols and unsaturated fatty acids which are important parts of the cell membrane and therefore essential for biomass production. If the slurry from dry yeast fermentation is re-pitched from one batch of beer to another, the wort has to be aerated as with any liquid yeast.

Source: http://www.danstaryeast.com/frequently-asked-questions

 

[dmashl]

I pour from the pot through this strainer http://www.walmart.com/ip/Oneida-Oversink-Colander/15149549. Catches all the trub and Aerates the wort real well too.

 

[Stauffbier]

I have a ported kettle with a ball valve. Attach tubing and open valve. I then aerate with oxygen through a stainless steel stone....you can shake to aerate too. O2 is just a heck of a lot easier. Even with dry yeast you need to aerate. +1 on whirlpool.

+1

I use a silicon tube that I can boil to clean.

I also use pure O2 with dry and liquid yeast.

I don't whirlpool, though...