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Anyone doing it? What's your method? I've noticed there seems to be 2 common ways..setting up a blowoff into a sanitized jar/flask, or using a stainless turkey baster. Anyone have experience with either method? Any idea where to pick up a stainless turkey baster locally?

SS used to sell the SS basters, if you can follow that, lol.

Any reason why it has to be stainless? I've used pyrex measuring cup to crop it into a mason jar with success.

sleepyjamie wrote:Any reason why it has to be stainless? I've used pyrex measuring cup to crop it into a mason jar with success.

Not really, I'd just prefer to buy a stainless baster if I can find one locally...a measuring cup would be fine if I was using a bucket, however I normally ferment in a carboy.

I used to use a setup that had a blowoff tube into a sealed sanitized container with a airlock attached. It was a rip off of what i saw someone else doing on the net. It worked great, but i eventually started primary fermenting in buckets again for ease of cleaning and top cropping.

how many times do you guys top crop in the primary for a single batch?

http://www.aleiens.com/video/top-cropping-yeast-from-a

This seems to work well, a but of effort to set up though.

sleepyjamie wrote:how many times do you guys top crop in the primary for a single batch?

I usually crop it twice. I'll let it go for a few days, take about half off and stir the rest back into suspension. Then the next day I'll do it again. I'm not sure if that's the right way to do it, but my beer finishes attenuating and I get enough yeast for the next batch.