I'm looking to speed up my process by using pressurized fermentation. Can someone look at my proposed method and tell me if it'll work?
Here's what I'm envisioning:
-ferment in keg 1. keg 1 gas output jumped to keg 2 gas post. keg 2 is filled with starsan and its liquid post is connected to a bucket. this way i purge keg 2 and it's ready to use as my serving keg.
-once fermentation's half-way finished, (and keg 2 is empty of star-san), I connect keg 1's gas post to keg 2's liquid post, and connect keg 2's gas post to a spunding valve, set to 25psi (2.4 volumes of CO2 at 68F). The fermenting wort eventually pressurizes both kegs up to 24PSI and the beer becomes fully carbonated.
-I take samples using a picnic tap from the fermenting keg every few days to test gravity using a refractometer.
-Once the beer's reached terminal gravity, I disconnect and place both kegs into my kegerator.
-24 hours later, now that the beer is sufficiently cold, I open up keg 1's lid, sadly losing a bunch of CO2, drop the gelatin solution in, close the lid, use my CO2 tank to repressurize to (now) 10PSI at about 38F (2.4vol CO2).
-3 days later, the gelatin having done its thing, I connect the liquid out of keg 1 to the liquid out of keg 2, and connect the gas out of keg 2 to the spunding valve, and set the spunding valve to 8-ish psi. the beer (should) now flow from the fermenting keg into the serving keg, slowly, without losing carbonation, and be basically ready to drink immediately?
Here's what I'm envisioning:
-ferment in keg 1. keg 1 gas output jumped to keg 2 gas post. keg 2 is filled with starsan and its liquid post is connected to a bucket. this way i purge keg 2 and it's ready to use as my serving keg.
-once fermentation's half-way finished, (and keg 2 is empty of star-san), I connect keg 1's gas post to keg 2's liquid post, and connect keg 2's gas post to a spunding valve, set to 25psi (2.4 volumes of CO2 at 68F). The fermenting wort eventually pressurizes both kegs up to 24PSI and the beer becomes fully carbonated.
-I take samples using a picnic tap from the fermenting keg every few days to test gravity using a refractometer.
-Once the beer's reached terminal gravity, I disconnect and place both kegs into my kegerator.
-24 hours later, now that the beer is sufficiently cold, I open up keg 1's lid, sadly losing a bunch of CO2, drop the gelatin solution in, close the lid, use my CO2 tank to repressurize to (now) 10PSI at about 38F (2.4vol CO2).
-3 days later, the gelatin having done its thing, I connect the liquid out of keg 1 to the liquid out of keg 2, and connect the gas out of keg 2 to the spunding valve, and set the spunding valve to 8-ish psi. the beer (should) now flow from the fermenting keg into the serving keg, slowly, without losing carbonation, and be basically ready to drink immediately?