13 - 16 gallon fermenters - what you got?
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Nothing beats a speidel, imo.
Here's mine snug as a bug in a rug in a 5cuft chest freezer.
Are you lifting it out of the chest freezer to bottle or keg? I've wanted to do this but worried I will hurt my back lifting it in and out.
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Gameface
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I am lifting it out and there is certainly a possibility of hurting your back doing it. I've been planning on removing the handles and using a pulley to lift it out but haven't fully designed how that system will be set up yet.
If anyone has any suggestions on pulleys fit for the task I'd appreciate it.
I am using one of these
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/16-5-gallon-plastic-fermentor.html
with the lid and sealing ring it absolutely holds pressure. I haven't tried pressurized transfers but great idea to save the back.
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/16-5-gallon-plastic-fermentor.html
with the lid and sealing ring it absolutely holds pressure. I haven't tried pressurized transfers but great idea to save the back.
cjever19
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Nothing beats a speidel, imo.
Here's mine snug as a bug in a rug in a 5cuft chest freezer.
What is with the valve at the top? Did you just put one of the valves where the airlock would go? Any modification required to do that?
Gameface
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It's the same valve that is on the bottom. No modification necessary. It comes with a cap for that top bung as well as a stopper and airlock.
The downside is that it's not really a big opening, so if there was krausen that made it all the way up there it might get clogged and with the lid strapped down it could get bad, but after several years using it like that for ~10g batches I've never had krausen get anywhere close.
I used that because it's ultra low profile and allows it to sit in the chest freezer without any modifications.
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cjever19
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Kevin, How are your CurTec fermenters working out? Looking at 2 myself.
haeffnkr
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I love love love LOVE my CurTec fermenters.
They clean up in 2 minutes.
After using CO2 to push out the beer to serving kegs, open them up rinse, them out, use a fiber cloth to wash them out with some hot water, all the sludge just literally falls off, it is like nice non-stick teflon pan.
Rinse again, add some starsan and a fiber cloth, put the lid back on, put in a stopper and swish around the starsan and store.... 2 minutes, DONE.
Not adding chemicals, in a dark container, that you can not see in...on and on....open the top of these, wash them out and move on with your life
These units hold 3 plus pounds of pressure.
I drill a 1 1/8" hole in the lid and use different stoppers for fermenting, cold crashing and pushing beer out. of them. I cold crash these under co2 pressure of 3 pounds to ensure the cold beer is taking on co2, not room air oxygen.
They are light, dont break... on and on and on... they are cheap.
Everyone should have 3 or 4 of these, seriously.
All the time I have wasted and spent on stainless kegs sanke kegs, cleaning them, wondering if they are clean, cussing them...ugh. Carboys, etc are easier but still a pain... makes me sick that I did not find these sooner, all the time and money I have spent on other systems before these....ugh.
Oh yeah... the delivery man will deliver them to your house, no running around town to get them, the ebay seller is very easy to work with also....win win win.
Buy some and dont look back and then sell whatever else you are using.
good luck to all
Kevin
They clean up in 2 minutes.
After using CO2 to push out the beer to serving kegs, open them up rinse, them out, use a fiber cloth to wash them out with some hot water, all the sludge just literally falls off, it is like nice non-stick teflon pan.
Rinse again, add some starsan and a fiber cloth, put the lid back on, put in a stopper and swish around the starsan and store.... 2 minutes, DONE.
Not adding chemicals, in a dark container, that you can not see in...on and on....open the top of these, wash them out and move on with your life
These units hold 3 plus pounds of pressure.
I drill a 1 1/8" hole in the lid and use different stoppers for fermenting, cold crashing and pushing beer out. of them. I cold crash these under co2 pressure of 3 pounds to ensure the cold beer is taking on co2, not room air oxygen.
They are light, dont break... on and on and on... they are cheap.
Everyone should have 3 or 4 of these, seriously.
All the time I have wasted and spent on stainless kegs sanke kegs, cleaning them, wondering if they are clean, cussing them...ugh. Carboys, etc are easier but still a pain... makes me sick that I did not find these sooner, all the time and money I have spent on other systems before these....ugh.
Oh yeah... the delivery man will deliver them to your house, no running around town to get them, the ebay seller is very easy to work with also....win win win.
Buy some and dont look back and then sell whatever else you are using.
good luck to all
Kevin
cjever19
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Thanks Kevin! Do you mind posting a pic of you pushing beer out of these? I'm planning to go with the CurTec and am trying to envision how you get a seal on a hole you create. A stopper? And how about the racking cane? Is it fixed or it moves up and down? Please share your setup sounds cool!
haeffnkr
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Here are some pics.
Not much to it...
Drill a hole in the lid with a sharp paddle bit, drill it smaller than you might want.... it is easy to use a file/sandpaper to smooth up the hole in the lid.... and next thing your hole is too big for the stopper you have
Get some #6.5 or #7 solid stoppers and drill 2 holes in them, one for the co2 and one for the beer out.
Get some long 3/8" stainless racking cane and use a simple tubing cutter to cut off a couple pieces about 2 inches long.
Use one piece as a drill bit, might have to use sandpaper or a file to sharpen it up a bit and some folks say to chill the stopper before you drill it.
After you drill 2 holes put the other short piece in one hole and shove your co2 hose to it. Put the racking cane in the other, it will slide through the hole so you can keep it just above the yeast cake.
Not much to it...
Drill a hole in the lid with a sharp paddle bit, drill it smaller than you might want.... it is easy to use a file/sandpaper to smooth up the hole in the lid.... and next thing your hole is too big for the stopper you have
Get some #6.5 or #7 solid stoppers and drill 2 holes in them, one for the co2 and one for the beer out.
Get some long 3/8" stainless racking cane and use a simple tubing cutter to cut off a couple pieces about 2 inches long.
Use one piece as a drill bit, might have to use sandpaper or a file to sharpen it up a bit and some folks say to chill the stopper before you drill it.
After you drill 2 holes put the other short piece in one hole and shove your co2 hose to it. Put the racking cane in the other, it will slide through the hole so you can keep it just above the yeast cake.
Doed
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I have one of these but have NOT yet fermented a 10 gallon batch. Those of you that have, are the handles secure enough to lift 10 - 12 gallons of wort?
They are on mine
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