Wanted to share my fermentation setup as I think it is working really well and makes fermenting, pressure transfer and even carbonating in the fermenter very easy. Some day I need to add up what everything costed but I figure it is a lot cheaper then a couple of conicals and glycol.
I have two 1/4 barrel (7.75gallon) sanke kegs that I removed the spear and use a floating dip tube assembly I got from Aliexpress. I also added the keg land dip tube filter. Most of the time I brew 5.5 gallon batches but I occasionally make 11 gallon batches. Being able to have the fermenter sealed up for moving the beer from the brew area to the ferment fridge makes things easy to transport. I have also setup with my brew rig that I can run the wort through the plate chiller through a ball lock assembly into the fermenter which helps with sanitation and preventing spilling wort.
The fermenter chamber is a 8.7CF Magic Chef chest freezer. It holds the two 1/4 barrel kegs no problem and I did not have to add a collar.
I use an Inkbird controller and have a ferm wrap for heating. I used liquid nails to attach a small piece of wood to the side to attach a CO2 splitter and have a Ball Lock post. I can use my mobile CO2 tank to purge the fermenter if I add dry hops or to start carbonating the beer in the fermenter. This also helps with pressure transfer of the beer to the serving keg.
I've done two fermentations with the floating dip tube and it has worked well. Beer number 2 was a session IPA with dry hops and I was pushing clear beer into the serving keg.
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I have two 1/4 barrel (7.75gallon) sanke kegs that I removed the spear and use a floating dip tube assembly I got from Aliexpress. I also added the keg land dip tube filter. Most of the time I brew 5.5 gallon batches but I occasionally make 11 gallon batches. Being able to have the fermenter sealed up for moving the beer from the brew area to the ferment fridge makes things easy to transport. I have also setup with my brew rig that I can run the wort through the plate chiller through a ball lock assembly into the fermenter which helps with sanitation and preventing spilling wort.
The fermenter chamber is a 8.7CF Magic Chef chest freezer. It holds the two 1/4 barrel kegs no problem and I did not have to add a collar.
I use an Inkbird controller and have a ferm wrap for heating. I used liquid nails to attach a small piece of wood to the side to attach a CO2 splitter and have a Ball Lock post. I can use my mobile CO2 tank to purge the fermenter if I add dry hops or to start carbonating the beer in the fermenter. This also helps with pressure transfer of the beer to the serving keg.
I've done two fermentations with the floating dip tube and it has worked well. Beer number 2 was a session IPA with dry hops and I was pushing clear beer into the serving keg.
