I like the racking port on by "Better Bottle", while it still leaves about a quarter to half an inch of beer on the bottom it really only amounts to a cup or two depending on how close I get it to the sediments on the bottom. The better bottles are shaped like this |/\| if that makes sense, they have kind of an inverted cone in the bottom.
I tried this trick this weekend on my new batch, we had a good inch or so of foam on the top about 2-3 hours after we transfered to the carboy...and I saved $5 or so on more yeast....and I didn't have to clean the primary....this is awesome.
I pitched this on top of my English Bitter slurry:
Recipe: Zprimes Oatmeal Stout
Brewer:
Style: Oatmeal Stout
Batch: 5.000000 gal, Mashed
Recipe Gravity: 1.056 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 55IBU
Recipe Color: 61°SRM
Estimated FG: 1.014
Alcohol by Volume: 5.6%
Alcohol by Weight: 4.4%
Roasted barley 1.000000 lb, mashed
Flaked oats 2.000000 lb, mashed
American two-row 6.000000 lb, mashed
American black patent 1.000000 lb, mashed
American chocolate malt 1.000000 lb, mashed
Fuggles 2.000000 oz, whole 60 minutes
Kent Golding 2.000000 oz, whole, 30 minutes
Recipe Notes:
- Wort tastes like stong coffee with sugar
QBrew 0.3.4