suitbrewing
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Inspired by my fermentasaurus I have purchased an extra pressure kit (ball lock posts and floating racking ball) in order to perform closed transfers from my other fermenting vessels. For instance from my 30L Speidel tank.
I tried it with water and it works pretty well.
Obviously I am not getting all the benefits of a pressurised conical as I will not be fermenting under pressure, or dumping trub and yeast. On the plus it only cost me $20 and I am utilising my existing equipment!
It remains to be seen if the improvement in taste (especially in hoppy beers) is worth the extra cleaning and sanitising and the co2 use??
I really hate wasting CO2 because of the admin involved in refilling my tanks!
I tried it with water and it works pretty well.
Obviously I am not getting all the benefits of a pressurised conical as I will not be fermenting under pressure, or dumping trub and yeast. On the plus it only cost me $20 and I am utilising my existing equipment!
It remains to be seen if the improvement in taste (especially in hoppy beers) is worth the extra cleaning and sanitising and the co2 use??
I really hate wasting CO2 because of the admin involved in refilling my tanks!
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