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travjohn92:
My wife surprised me this year at Christsas and got me a 7.3 gallon stainless steel conical fermenter.  It was on the wish list, but didn't think I would get it.  Well now I have started using it and my primary fermentation has completed and now I am not sure what to do or better yet the best method of doing it.

There is of course a side spout (not sure of the proper name), but I was opening that to take my gravity samples.

What is the best method for transferring and procedural order for getting to my secondary or keg?
 
Do I open the bottom and collect of the yeast sediment that built up and dispose of that and then go into my secondary or keg?

Do I open up the side and go into secondary / keg that way?  That doesn't seem correct as I may be not collecting all of the clean beer as some may be below the side spout.

Are there any other steps I am missing?

Any advice / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

a10t2:
Typically I would:

1. Cold crash and/or fine for 2-3 days.
2. Dump yeast/trub from bottom port once a day.
3. Dump side port to clear, then rack beer through side port. CO2 push if you can't do it with gravity alone.

If you have a racking arm and sight glass you can rotate it down until you start to see sediment, then back off a bit. The volume below the side port of a 7 gal conical has to be really small though.

ibru:
The bottom valve is for dumping trub and yeast. The side valve is for pulling samples and transfering. There will only be a couple cups of liquid below the side valve.

After cooling wort and transfering to the conical, let it settle for at least a couple hours, then dump the trub out the bottom before adding O2 and yeast.

Congratulations, you'll love it.

Bruce

travjohn92:

--- Quote from: a10t2 on January 14, 2013, 05:13:25 PM ---1. Cold crash and/or fine for 2-3 days.
2. Dump yeast/trub from bottom port once a day.
3. Dump side port to clear, then rack beer through side port. CO2 push if you can't do it with gravity alone.

--- End quote ---

Where would I hook the CO2 to if I wanted to push it with CO2?  I am confused

a10t2:

--- Quote from: travjohn92 on January 14, 2013, 06:13:09 PM ---Where would I hook the CO2 to if I wanted to push it with CO2?
--- End quote ---

Some sort of top port; either a blowoff or CIP port. Not knowing the specifics of your fermenter, I can't say.

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