SavoryChef
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I couldn't imagine mine without a racking port. There will be a lot of sediment after you cold crash. I think you will waste more beer without one, as there is always yeast stuck to the sides of the cone
What is their lead time?
agrimart.net has them in stock. I recommend the 35 gallon and 60 gallon ones with legs already attached.
I personally have no plans on brewing something that large yet I will build a stand for mine out of wood.
You can brew only 10 gallons in the 30 gallon, depending where your racking port is located
You can skip the racking port entirely if you build a Yeast Trap including a Banjo valve. You isolate the yeast trap and remove, then install a reducing fitting and hose to rack the now-only-liquid product out of the conical and into a keg, bottling bucket or carboys for secondary fermentation/lagering/etc.
It would BUT you would have some restriction on the yeast "falling" into the yeast trap. Some would collect on the reducing coupling's edge. Not much and this may be very minimal (I have not personally tested it). If you are not fermenting long enough for autolysis it really won't matter - you'll just have a touch of sediment in your racked liquid. My 60 gallon setup is for a never-ending Lambic Solera. In that case some autolysis is OK as the Brett and other bugs will clean it up and feed well. But every so often you want to clean out the trub. My method will be to dump the yeast trap annually when I am adding 15 gallons of new product.
PS - full port 2 inch Banjo valves are $22. They are very very affordable compared to copper or stainless valves.
Heck - better yet they DO have BEER listed in the PDF - all of their products are compatible with Beer with No Known Effect.
http://www.banjocorp.com/File/Banjo Chemical Resistance Chart.pdf
It would BUT you would have some restriction on the yeast "falling" into the yeast trap. Some would collect on the reducing coupling's edge. Not much and this may be very minimal (I have not personally tested it). If you are not fermenting long enough for autolysis it really won't matter - you'll just have a touch of sediment in your racked liquid. My 60 gallon setup is for a never-ending Lambic Solera. In that case some autolysis is OK as the Brett and other bugs will clean it up and feed well. But every so often you want to clean out the trub. My method will be to dump the yeast trap annually when I am adding 15 gallons of new product.
PS - full port 2 inch Banjo valves are $22. They are very very affordable compared to copper or stainless valves.
Ok thanks, I'll snag one from Ebay when it's time then. Cheers.
Very niceFredTheNuke said:Sure Thing! The pics are of a 60 gallon Inductor Tank with a 6" diameter yeast trap (about 1 gallon in volume). The enclosure is a 3ft x 4ft x 8ft fermentation chamber with R13 insulated and caulked walls. It does not yet have the door on and is missing one outer piece of plywood - 80% complete. it will be controlled by a dual stage Control Products TC-9102D-HV controller with a 5000btu AC unit and a 200 watt heater. Target is 68F year round for a 60 gallon Lambic Solera. Should be filled and at temp in the next 2 weeks. http://s215.photobucket.com/user/fredthenuke/media/IMG_6112_zps3db138a6.jpg.html http://s215.photobucket.com/user/fredthenuke/media/IMG_6117_zpsfb5b9ec6.jpg.html http://s215.photobucket.com/user/fredthenuke/media/IMG_6120_zps28a25ede.jpg.html http://s215.photobucket.com/user/fredthenuke/media/IMG_6121_zpse687cc58.jpg.html CHEERS!
Lol seeing this post reminded me that i emailed Den Hartog Industries sales department who makes the Ace Roto mold series and asked if they had any plans on making smaller 8-10 gallon tanks as they would be a huge hit in homebrewing among other things.
Nearly a month later and still no reply, solid sales service!
I completely agree! I would buy 5 8 gallon ones the moment they announced them. I brew mostly 6 gallon batches at home and would love to be able to afford conicals.
Also, I'm curious. Let's say you have a beer in your conical for about 7 days and then are going to brew up a quick 6 gallon batch. Have any of you at the end of your brew day, go to the conical, pull of some yeast slurry, and just dump it into the one you just brewed?
I understand the whole yeast pulling, cleaning, etc. Just though that would be a super fast way to get yeast for your current brew. Maybe a good way to time brewing together for a large and small batch.
All the time!
I'm not sure if a conical is worth the hastle for a 5 - 6 gallon batch. That's just me though
Since I just moved up to 11 gallon batches, that's why I decided to go with the 15 gallon conical. For all my 5 - 6 gallon batch, I think I will stay with a pail or carboy, that's just me though :rockin:
Lol seeing this post reminded me that i emailed Den Hartog Industries sales department who makes the Ace Roto mold series and asked if they had any plans on making smaller 8-10 gallon tanks as they would be a huge hit in homebrewing among other things.
Nearly a month later and still no reply, solid sales service!
...Now all I need to do is figure out how I can partition a 6x6 ferm chamber to maintain a different temp for each conical...
They already make them is why they probably did not answer.....
See here:
http://www.plastic-mart.com/category/19/cone-bottom-tanks
What's the MINIMUM height required for a "fermentation chamber", fridge, freezer, etc.???
The conical is 29", right? Could the valves and [horizontal] clear-PVC sight 'glass' make it at 39" or less??
I didn't want to get started until I got a fridge. Now I've got one, but I've only got 39" of height to work with. Wondering if I should have just gone with a standup freezer, now....
What's the MINIMUM height required for a "fermentation chamber", fridge, freezer, etc.???
The conical is 29", right? Could the valves and [horizontal] clear-PVC sight 'glass' make it at 39" or less??
I didn't want to get started until I got a fridge. Now I've got one, but I've only got 39" of height to work with. Wondering if I should have just gone with a standup freezer, now....
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