Top Cropping w/ Peristaltic Pump

[william.heinric]

This post may be better suited to the yeast page, but I'll try it out here first.

I'm planning on using a peristaltic pump to pull my krausen into a sanitary container for yeast storage. I'll pull the yeast from the dry hop port on the top of the CCFV, and pump it into either impact-resistant plastic or stainless steel that has some sterile water in it.

I'd like to know if anybody has any thoughts on the subject.

Thanks,
Bill

[dick murton]

Peristaltics will have difficulty sucking due to the gas breakout. If the yeast flows into a hopper above the pump, with a very short infeed, I think you MIGHT get away with it.

Unfortunately for this response, my only experience of top cropping is into a vacuum tank, and persitaltics with bottom cropping yeast from conicals, so am also interested if someone has had success with peristaltics and top cropping yeast

[liammckenna]

Rotary lobe pump works pretty well for top cropping.

Pax.

Liam