More carboy issues

[Bazza]

I'll start by saying I'm fecking knackered. Far too late to bed.

Had a brew on last night. All was going swimmingly right until the end - filling the carboy from the boiler. I normally just place the boiler tap over the top of the fv, turn the tap on and let her go while I clean up/pack away stuff, etc, but, with 3-4L still left in the boiler there was such a build up of froth in carboy that my lovely wort was running down the sides. Normally, with the old wide-necked FV, the foam never went over the top but the way the carboy tapers to a narrow inlet caused the froth to build up much sooner. After numerous rounds of swirl the carboy, empty a bit more from the boiler, wait a bit, swirl the carboy...etc I got pissed off and wanted me bed so quit about 1-2L short of what I wanted. Also, by this time the wort was a lot cooler than I'd have liked for pitching, to the point that there was very little activity this morning.

So, to the carboy owners out there, got any tips for getting me to me scracther a bit earlier on a brew night? I thought of maybe using a dip tube from the tap to the bottom of the fv but that means one more thing to sterilise and increased infection risk. Can't see a funnel being any more beneficial either. Swirling the thing every 3 or 4 litres seems a pain in the arse.

Am I missing something obvious?

Cheers,

-Barry

[Ciderhead]

I hose in to bottom and 02
I always get foam
Smaller batches how big was it?
6 gal carboy?
You can get anti foaming agent,  I'm not a fan.

[Bazza]

Hi CH,

It was a 5gal batch into a 5gal glass carboy so I was pretty much at the limit. Thinking about it now the old wine fermenter was probably 6 gal.

Think I'll bite the bullet and try the hose approach next time.

Cheers,

-Barry