I'm fairly new to brewing, have made some descent batches of cider in my glass carboys. But I want to upgrade to a simpler method and eliminate some of the sanitation and risk for bacteria. And make the process a little simpler. Right now I do the fairly standard process of racking into secondary and then bottle conditioning to get a dry sparkling cider.
At the very least I want to upgrade to a stainless conical so I can do secondary without siphoning, also seems like this will be more sanitary and you can bottle right from the fermenter if you want to bottle condition, at least that's how I think it will work out. Any recommendations on a good conical at a reasonable price?
I've also wondered why people don't prime and condition/carbonate in the fermenter (that would have to double as a brite tank) and eliminate the individual bottle conditioning. This way I can do everything in one tank from start to finish and safely bottle up a finished product with the option of bottling a sweet sparkling cider. I do occasionally like a little sweetness in my ciders.
Anyway, its just a thought. There may be some flaw in my thinking, and I'm sure it would not be cheap to get this kind of conical fermenter/brite tank equipment.
At the very least I want to upgrade to a stainless conical so I can do secondary without siphoning, also seems like this will be more sanitary and you can bottle right from the fermenter if you want to bottle condition, at least that's how I think it will work out. Any recommendations on a good conical at a reasonable price?
I've also wondered why people don't prime and condition/carbonate in the fermenter (that would have to double as a brite tank) and eliminate the individual bottle conditioning. This way I can do everything in one tank from start to finish and safely bottle up a finished product with the option of bottling a sweet sparkling cider. I do occasionally like a little sweetness in my ciders.
Anyway, its just a thought. There may be some flaw in my thinking, and I'm sure it would not be cheap to get this kind of conical fermenter/brite tank equipment.