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Thanks for the suggestion, McMullan. Just to clarify, the desired final volumes of co2 for this beer are 2.5, the 1.5 volumes I mentioned are what I'm assuming are there when spunding based on the pressure, temperature and the info from the carbonation charts. My assumption is that even if...

I'm not sure about having ~2 volumes of co2, however I'm assuming so based on the amount of pressure I see in the fermenter. I'm not sure about the calculations either, but I'm also assuming when you carbonate using the "set and forget" method, that co2 will be added up yo the desired psi, the...

Hi! We've been (partially) naturally carbonating our beer in our SSB unitank. We set our spunding valve to 12psi when we are a few gravity points away from our FG and leave it on for about 5 days at 66F before cold crashing to 38F. After a few of days of cold crashing, the pressure gauge reads...

Thanks all for replying. The wort on the tubes turned out to be infected, however it was expected since we are not in a lab so we don't have a sterile environment. We do however take extra precautions on the cold side while transferring, such as avoiding air drafts, not opening the fermenter lid...

Hi! When brewing, we like to take samples of our wort to test our sanitation practices. On our last brew, after transfering the wort we took a sample from the fermenter before pitching yeast. After a few days (6-7), we started to notice a strange dandelion-like thing forming at the bottom of...

Thanks for sharing! Quick question though, isn't the flow stopper supposed to be installed before the spunding valve?

Hi, I'm currently spunding to natural carbonate beer in my Unitank (15 psi), I'm planning on cold crashing on the following days and I'd like to keep the co2 tank connected to the carbonation stone to reach the desired volumes of carbonation but I'm thinking on releasing pressure first to about...

Resurrecting an old thread, I'm thinking on serving directly from my SSBT Unitank, I've heard the right way to do this is to connect the co2 tank to the blow-off valve port instead of the carbonation stone port. Is this the right way to go? What would be the problem with using the carbonation...

Thanks, Elric, your answer helps clarify a few of the concerns I've had. Would be interesting to see if someone has a different view on 3), but I will for now release pressure, dump yeast amd then repressurize.

This post is probably not related to fermentation and yeast, I can't seem yo edit it though. If a moderator is able to move it to the appropriate section that'll be great!

Hi all, It's been a while since the last time my wife and I brewed our last batch of beer (~5 years). After settling on a new city we are going back to brewing! We recently acquired a grainfather, glycol chiller and a unitank fermentor, so it'll be a whole new experience from what we are used...

Hi! This would be my first time using a Unitank (7gal SSBT) and using co2 in general (used to bottle and natural carbonate). I have a few questions that I haven't been able to find a concrete answer for and I'm hoping someone here can help me find an answer: With positive pressure (e.g. 10psi)...