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# For 7 barrels/217 gallons of beer, re-hydrate 250 grams of yeast in 3.5 gallons of water with 12 pounds of cane sugar dissolved at 108°F. I do this first and let it bloom while I transfer the beer from the fermenter to my kettle. Takes about 20 minutes. By this time the yeast is about to crawl out of the bucket.
# Add the yeast slurry just before transfer is finished as this will help incorporate the slurry. Carbonation happens the same day as packaging if done correctly.
# Sounds counter to everything you've learned, but don't gas purge the bottles. The yeast will uptake the O2 in the head space.
# Keg conditioning the same exact process but back the sugar down to 8 pounds and keep the yeast at 250 grams.
# Wait 10 days. That's it. With time, the initial "rough" carbonation you get in the first couple days will mellow out into the fluffy stuff.