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I have never counter pressure bottled a 4.0 volume beer, but I have done a belgian dubbel that was carbed to 3.3 in order to reach around 3.0 in the bottle (there is always a loss do to the headspace left in the bottle). Safety should be your first concern, so make sure you are wearing eye...

Sorry, I remember reading this post but I forgot to reply to it. I will do so in a future post because I am limited on time at the moment. The breakdown and reassembly of these valves is a bit of a PITA compared to more standard solutions (TC butterfly valves). It should be part of your SOP if...

Then what were you trying to say in your previous post?

I am not sure I completely follow your question, but it sounds like you are trying to purge oxygen in the spool that contains your hops by slightly opening the 3"TC valve to allow CO2 to escape into the spool without dropping your hops into the tank. The 3" TC PRV would be installed on top of...

This is the general configuration that has been discussed and showcased many times in this thread. By that observation, no, there is no reason as to why this same configuration of components would work for others and not for you. Unless you are referring to the "pressure valve on top" as the 3"...

Below is a simple diagram I made to give you an idea of how the release mechanism works in some of these higher end cappers (grifo): This diagram shows a cutaway view of the ram and its internal release mechanism. This mechanism works by employing a spring loaded plunger that ejects the bottle...

Oh please... The OP states in post #13: This is after the fact that his beer was thought to have been sitting under pressure. You clearly acknowledged this fact in post #14, which happens to be the very post in which you instruct the OP to add priming sugar based upon a calculation which...

Before my last reply to post #30 (your post) in this thread, your only other posts, ones which you deemed helpful, were posts #12 of #14 in which you say: and In both of these post you steer the OP away from bottling his brew directly from the unitank. Your argument indicates that bottling...

A brite tank would be good for a home brewer that brews batches over 5 gallons, does not have a fermenter that can handle pressures capable of reaching full carbonation, and wishes to either bottle or serve directly from the brite tank. This would enable the brewer to transfer their entire batch...

It seems like you haven't learn much if this is your advise with regards to how to use a unitank. You might as well say that unitanks are useless because fermenting under pressure requires additional steps that you find inconvenient, or too difficult to accomplish. I actually find proper use of...

You can bottle right from the fermenter with no need to transfer to a keg. I would highly recommend counter pressure bottling over the beer gun though. You will get much better, repeatable results. You will have to have two seperate CO2 reguatlors in order make it work properly though. Using a...

Wow, for some reason I interpreted your question(s) as being related to a real situation. Now that I re-read your first post, I see your inquiry was hypothetical. My bad.

Are you able to cold crash the fermenter to 40F or less? If so, your best bet is to cold crash in the fermenter after your primary and secondary stages are finished. This will allow you to transfer clear beer to your kegs. If your head pressure following the cold crash is still high (10+ psi)...

What fermenter are you using? What head pressure and temperature is your batch currently being held at?

I'm surprised the valve still made a seal without the oring. I wouldn't try inverting the fermenter to try and fix it unless you have a way to fully support the lid along the entire surface that is opposite of the sealing gasket (the surface the four clamps grab). A piece of plywood with a hole...