Fermenting in a Corny?

Ego Archive · Sep 26, 2008

BigKahuna said:
and lots of guys use corny kegs converted to work as fermentors.

(Quoted from another thread)

I've seen pictures of Cornies with a hole and lock in a modified cap, but wouldn't it just work to pop a liquid line on the "out" post (sans the tapper) and run that into a filled bucket, as a blow off tube? Obviously you would have to store it upside down.

Has anyone done this? Am I missing something?

nostalgia · Sep 26, 2008

Why store it upside down? Just put the line on the gas in.

-Joe

BierMuncher · Sep 26, 2008

I use cornies as overflow fermenters...but only on small beers. There is not enough head space to allow for much krausen. I use them more often as secondary clearing tanks.

Just remove the gas post and fit a vinyl hose over the stump for a blow off.

No reason to invert the keg.

Ego Archive · Sep 26, 2008

nostalgia said:
Why store it upside down? Just put the line on the gas in.

-Joe

Yeah, I thought about that after posting.

BigKahuna · Sep 26, 2008

BierMuncher said:
There is not enough head space to allow for much krausen.

Use Fermacap drops.

Oh...and just get a lid and take the popoff out and put your air lock in that.

juvinious · Sep 27, 2008

You can also get a corny lid with a petcock barb here, 4th item down the list.

Bobby_M · Sep 27, 2008

Or you can just buy a new 6g better bottle.

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