10 gal batch fermentation vessel

[MiikGurdy]

any one make their own 10 gal fermentation vessel? tired of slitting batches into 2 carboys. anyone modify a keg? what are you brewers out there using?

 

[JDXX1971]

I am setting up a 1/2 Barrel keg for fermentation. I had a 3" tri clover ferrule welded into the bottom. Flipped it over and now I have a 2" drain that I added a long 90 I found on eBay and a tri clover butterfly valve.

Up top I will have a 3" cap with an offset 1.5" tc port with a T. Through the top of the T will be a racking cane with a 1.5" tc that will have a liquid out ball lock adapter. To the side of the T there will be a ball lock gas in post adapter.

There will also be a thermowell in the 3" cap. I am thinking about adding a sample port to the side too. Might still a ways off, but it is getting closer. I still need to figure out legs or a stand for it. I made it way more complicated than it needs to be of course.

I got all my inspiration from Jaybird at NorCal Brewing Solutions where they have the coolest kit for fermenting in the keg. Check it out.

https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/Ultimate-Sanke-Keg-Cross-Fermenter-Kit.html

 

[Dog House Brew]

any one make their own 10 gal fermentation vessel? tired of slitting batches into 2 carboys. anyone modify a keg? what are you brewers out there using?

I’ve used 15gal plastic screw top barrels for years.

 

[JDXX1971]

I’ve used 15gal plastic screw top barrels for years.

I saw some of those that had olives in them at a nursery pretty cheap.

 

[happyappy]

I'm also using kegs and jaybird's kit. I kept it simple and didn't add any additional drains. Recirculating warm oxyclean using jaybirds set up works well for cleaning.

I paid less than $30 bucks for 2 of my kegs and got one free. Hard to beat a stainless fermenter at those prices...

 

[CanAm]

I use a sanke keg with a hole cut that fits a corney lid. I got a corney lid with a gas post attached so can do pressurized transfers. An orange carboy cap fits on the top and a racking cane fits down the larger opening of that cap.

 

[Home_alone1]

any one make their own 10 gal fermentation vessel? tired of slitting batches into 2 carboys. anyone modify a keg? what are you brewers out there using?

I really want a French 15 gallon Demijohn to experiment with open fermentation large batches of Bret beet . Only if I had the room !

 

[MiikGurdy]

for the $ that jaybird kit seems an easy way to do what I want. Just wondering how you pitch the yeast with that thing...

 

[happyappy]

for the $ that jaybird kit seems an easy way to do what I want. Just wondering how you pitch the yeast with that thing...

I'm sure everyone has their own process. For me I pitch the yeast through the open top; then use an orange carboy cap during fermentation with a blow-off tube attached. I don't attach the kit from jaybird until I'm ready to transfer the fermented beer into corney kegs. Once that's complete, I use the kit to recirculate cleaner, rinse water, then star-san in the sanke keg.

 

[Staticsouls]

Anyone use an orange cap, and then transfer out using the original spear, and coupler?