Cheap Conical Idea

[ryscott]

Not sure if this is crazy, someone please tell me if it is.

Would it be possible to use an upside-down Better Bottle carboy as a conical fermenter? I'm thinking you could port a hole in the bottom of the bottle that would allow a small ported stopper for the airlock. Then you could fashion some sort of stopper with a stop/release valve in the neck.

Filling procedure would be as follows:
1. Plug hole in bottom with non-ported stopper.
2. Fill carboy the normal way through the neck.
3. Attach neck stopper valve.
4. Flip upside-down onto a stand of some sort.
5. Replace stopper at bottom (now the top) with a ported one and put in airlock.

This would work right?

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Sounds like a Fermentap...kind of a conical but not really. I have never used one, but from reviews I've heard they don't work well and aren't worth the money. I think it has mostly to do with the pitch of the shoulders of the carboy not being steep enough to get yeast and trub to move to the bottom properly.

Fermentap at MoreBeer

 

[ryscott]

Ah, I see. Reading the threads on Fermentaps, thanks for the quick reply.