Very nice, maybe ferment in larger sanke kegs (I use 1/2 and 1/4 BBL kegs) and serve in the 1/6 BBL's? I haven't done any pressurized fermentation yet but have been thinking about modifying 2" Tri-Clover caps as you have mentioned above. I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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And I'd like to see my 1.080 beers ready from grain to glass in a week, and served to me by red-headed twin penthouse pets wearing garter belts and fishnet stockings, with Irish accents, calling me "master luv gun," but we can't always get what we want can we? :)
I will test my cleaning regimen and pull some spears to be sure.
I'm emulating the cleaning cycle they use to wash kegs. Of course they have a custom connector that clamps the keg and then shoots the water at higher velocities. I'm sure their flow is higher so I'll use more time pumping to get the kegs clean.
Interesting... I always assumed they were taken apart to clean. That could explain the large amount of hard to clean off crap on the outside of one of the spears I got.
Interesting... I always assumed they were taken apart to clean. That could explain the large amount of hard to clean off crap on the outside of one of the spears I got.
The automated keg cleaners typically steam sanitize and if they don't have their cleaning regimen done properly, the insides can have a ton of crap baked on the interior surface.
I find that a caustic wash, rinse, then soak in acid sanitizer usually will loosen up most everything but there is no substitute for hand cleaning sometimes.
I find that a caustic wash, rinse, then soak in acid sanitizer usually will loosen up most everything but there is no substitute for hand cleaning sometimes.
Beer stone and baked on carbonates are a pain.
I have heard of going for an acid pre-wash can help break up beer stone / carbonates. Just a thought.
It's hard to tell from your picture.
Are you inverting the sanke with a coupler installed and simply pumping the solvent in reverse through the beer-out and then draining out the gas-in?
Do you think the sump would suffer if you ran caustic in this manner?
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