MiniBrew 6.5 gallon conical

thekulman · Post by **thekulman** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:15 pm

Just made my first batch of beer with my new plastic conical. Had trouble dumping the trub/yeast from the cone. Did it several times over several days but there was always some left. I was planning to pour straight into the keg from the bottom valve but ended up having to syphon my beer into the keg to avoid dumping the last of the yeast into the keg. Anyone use a conical and have any tips?

Brian

mike15 · Post by **mike15** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:47 pm

i thought you took the beer from the top valve?? yeast from the bottom??

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:49 pm

can i buy them from your store??

thekulman · Post by **thekulman** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:06 am

matt7215 wrote:can i buy them from your store??

No unfortunately, too expensive to import. I actually inquired about any Canadian suppliers from the minibrew.com website and they responded "just buy them from our web store".

Nice guys eh?

Brian

thatleetboy · Post by **thatleetboy** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:55 am

Brian

In my stainless steel conical, there is a top valve for transferring beer, the bottom valve is for trub and yeast. Never had an issue with yeast transferring with the beer.

Maybe with yours, you should just keep and eye on it, and stop the transfer before it the yeast hits the valve?

Cheers

thekulman · Post by **thekulman** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:54 pm

Hi George;

Problem it that when I dump trub and yeast a few times from the bottom valve I find that there is a space (ie. wasted beer) lower then the transfer valve port and I don't want to waste that beer so I ended up using my auto siphon. My version dosen't have a movable racking arm inside. I "thought" that if I dumped from the bottom valve enough all the yeast would be gone and I could keg from there. But because of the whirlpool action that occurs when I open the bottom valve I waste beer when dumping yeast and if I was to dump enough to remove all the yeast I would waste 4 l or so of beer.

Any ideas?

Brian

thatleetboy · Post by **thatleetboy** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:10 pm

Brian

Well, 4l is a LOT of beer in a 7 gal conical. Sounds like a design flaw...

The only thing I can suggest is not to dump the trub and yeast until AFTER the transfer.

I dunno.

Cheers