Aging wort in a variable air lid stainless steel container?

[henryg]

Hello Guys, i'm pulling a brewpub together and i'm in the phase of buying equipment. I have already bought a 500L brewhouse and now i'm about to buy a 1000L fermentor refrigerated and 8 of this:
https://www.polsinelli.it/en/500-l-s...g-lid-P290.htm
So far as a homebrewer i was fermenting(7 days) in one carboy, then secondary(7 days) on another carboy, then botteling or kegging.

So my question is this: Can i do aging in those variable lid containers after fermentation, and only filling kegs as i need to?
If that could work i would reduce significantly the money spent in kegs, my beer will be aging oxidating free risk(because of the variable lid).

Thanks to all, love this forum.

 

[porterpounder]

I will probably work, but you're going to want to purge the space with CO2 before sealing and also after draining some of the beer out. How are you planning to carbonate he beer? Not sure those tanks will handle carbonated beer and carbonation probably won't be consistent with multiple drainings. Doesn't appear to have the ability to force-carbonate in it and wouldn't trust the lid not to shift or pop off. If you have a fixed bright-tank that you can purge with CO2 and also carbonate in, you can also use that for storage of carbonated or uncarbonated beer without risk of oxidation. You can also fill bottles or kegs from a traditional bright tank in multiple batches just like you are describing. That would be my choice.

 

[henryg]

I will probably work, but you're going to want to purge the space with CO2 before sealing and also after draining some of the beer out. How are you planning to carbonate he beer? Not sure those tanks will handle carbonated beer and carbonation probably won't be consistent with multiple drainings. Doesn't appear to have the ability to force-carbonate in it and wouldn't trust the lid not to shift or pop off. If you have a fixed bright-tank that you can purge with CO2 and also carbonate in, you can also use that for storage of carbonated or uncarbonated beer without risk of oxidation. You can also fill bottles or kegs from a traditional bright tank in multiple batches just like you are describing. That would be my choice.

Purging with CO2 sounds a good idea. I will put the beer straight out of the fermentor to those guys, uncarbonated. Those tanks won't handle carbonated beer as the lid will fly off it.
I will leave it uncarbonated until i fill the kegs. I will force carbonate in the keg.
I don't have much space in the location to store a lot of kegs,as i do not have also the budget for buying that much kegs, so i though this way, i can have 1 keg of each beer type on the taps, 1 keg back up for each beer style and then, fill the kegs when i need it to without having to empty the whole tank.
Does this make sense?

 

[Geneticjim]

Stout tanks is a good company that my local brewery uses and told me about...

http://conical-fermenter.com/home.php

 

[porterpounder]

Purging with CO2 sounds a good idea. I will put the beer straight out of the fermentor to those guys, uncarbonated. Those tanks won't handle carbonated beer as the lid will fly off it.
I will leave it uncarbonated until i fill the kegs. I will force carbonate in the keg.
I don't have much space in the location to store a lot of kegs,as i do not have also the budget for buying that much kegs, so i though this way, i can have 1 keg of each beer type on the taps, 1 keg back up for each beer style and then, fill the kegs when i need it to without having to empty the whole tank.
Does this make sense?

It may work. Hopefully you'll go through your supply quickly. As I said before, a closed tank would be my choice, but they are obviously quite a bit more expensive. In the long run the initial investment may be worth the cost.

 

[henryg]

It may work. Hopefully you'll go through your supply quickly. As I said before, a closed tank would be my choice, but they are obviously quite a bit more expensive. In the long run the initial investment may be worth the cost.

Agree with you, but so much upfront costs right now that money talks! Thanks for the advice