Transferring to primary -- straight pour or siphon?

[hobohrau]

Hey everyone,

Brewing our 3rd beer tonight and something occurred to me. Previously, we would always just pour the beer from the brew pot into the primary by just dumping it in and doing our best to keep the sediment at bay. Usually that doesn't work too well and there's a ton of hoppy goo that makes it over to the primary.

So I guess I could siphon the beer into the primary and then just stir it vigorously for aeration? How do you guys typically do it?

Edit: I just discovered the search feature -- sorry.

 

[D0ug]

I just dump it all in and let it settle out in the primary with the rest of the trub.

 

[WyomingBrewer]

I just dump and then transfer to a secondary after a week. Beers end up clear. Im fine with just dumping.

 

[philrose]

I take more care in keeping that goo out of my kegs and bottles than I mind it in the primary. If you don't have an airstone or comparable method of aeration, I think your gains of leaving behind that trub wouldn't outweigh the ease and aeration of a good pour.

Just my .02

 

[rjwhite41]

I siphon leaving behind the break material and other general trub. This will start a fight however because some people believe that all of that "gunk" is good for the yeast. I believe it probably is but I don't have any problem with my fermentations leaving it all out and that leaves more space for beer. On the other side of the fence they believe it contains a lot of bittering compounds that require age to clear out of your beer. I think both sides make a valid point and it doesn't really make a difference either way. So do as you will because you can make great beer either way.

 

[D0ug]

This is probably yet another one of those points where the only way to find an answer is to try it both ways and see which works better for yourself.

 

[Revvy]

Some dump everything in, without straining, just pour it in the bucket or in the funnel....Some use a big strainer that fit in the funnel for a carboy, or a sanitized 5 gallon nylon paint strainer bag in the bucket...

I have done it all ways. It really doesn't matter...anything will settle.

In other words, there is no wrong way to do it, or better way, or way that will make the best beer...they all work...the choice is what will work the best for you. That's how you develop you own unique brewing process. By trying all ways and deciding what works best for you.

What I do with my IC, is chill the wort, then I lean the bottom of my autosiphon about two coils up from the bottom on the metal of the siphon. That rests it above most of the break material and trub, then I rack it to the fermenter until I'm down to that and carefully lower the siphon down into the gunk, just trying to get as much of the wort as possible without letting in the hops and break matter.