I'm curious to know when you guys dump your trub. Do you wait for fermentation to stop? Or, do you do it when fermentation slows down?
If I’m using anything but a conical with a dump port. When fermentation is done and I’m ready to package. A conical I wait until fermentation is done as well, dump the trub then it becomes a secondary without disturbing the beverage.I'm curious to know when you guys dump your trub.
Is dumping trub beneficial if i do not plan to harvest yeast? I am debating between the fermzilla all rounder and tri-conical. With my fridge space, i only have room to cold crash in the all rounder.
All rounder: no dropping trub, can cold crash
Tri conical: can drop trub, cannot cold crash
Which is more important
I am trying to choose one or the other since i currently have no fermenters, and i do not want to buy 2, right now at least, which brings my post/question. 95% of my brews are NEIPA’s. Is the ability to drop trub more important than allowing cold crash, that decides my fermenter.Even if not reusing yeast, capability to do a trub dump is useful, especially if your brewing process puts a lot of hot break trub in the fermentor. Some say tons of solids sitting around at bottom does not matter, and perhaps that is true for some brews. But not in my experiance for what I brew.
One does not necessarily have to choose on over the other. I use an old conical with an exterior cooling coil for fermentation temp control, which is good enough for fermentation, but would be inefficient for cold crash. I rack to kegs and cold crash in them in keezer. That way I can also spund carbonate and D rest if needed before cold crash & conditioning.
I was not trying to suggest you buy two fermentors. I was saying you do not necessarily have to crash in primary fermentor if you rack to keg(s) and then cold crash in them. This is assuming that kegs will fit in your refrigerator.I am trying to choose one or the other since i currently have no fermenters, and i do not want to buy 2, right now at least, which brings my post/question. 95% of my brews are NEIPA’s. Is the ability to drop trub more important than allowing cold crash, that decides my fermenter.
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