Closed transfer and fermenting questions

[Crafty_Brewer]

Hi Everyone, I have a question on closed transfers. I’m looking at picking up a Fermonster, but have only used buckets and carboys so far and transfer for packaging with an auto siphon.

Do you usually use a bung and airlock to ferment, and then switch to a solid lid with the fittings for gas and dip tube when ready to transfer?

Or do you keep the solid lid on the whole time and use a spunding valve instead of an airlock? I realize that the spunding valve is required for pressure fermenting, but I’m mostly just looking at closed transfers for now to reduce oxidation in hoppy beers.

Thanks!

 

[doug293cz]

Hi Everyone, I have a question on closed transfers. I’m looking at picking up a Fermonster, but have only used buckets and carboys so far and transfer for packaging with an auto siphon.

Do you usually use a bung and airlock to ferment, and then switch to a solid lid with the fittings for gas and dip tube when ready to transfer?

Or do you keep the solid lid on the whole time and use a spunding valve instead of an airlock? I realize that the spunding valve is required for pressure fermenting, but I’m mostly just looking at closed transfers for now to reduce oxidation in hoppy beers.

Thanks!

I have tried using the Fermonster with bung and airlock, then replacing the initial single hole stopper with a two hole stopper - one for the racking cane, and the other for CO2 input to pressure transfer. Hard to keep the stopper from blowing out when doing a pressure transfer. I would recommend a solid lid drilled for three corny style posts, one liquid with floating dip tube, one standard gas post, and the last with a gas post with the spring and poppet removed (to avoid clogging) with a ~1/2" ID tube for blow-off.

In use you would ferment close to FG with the blow-off tube connected, then remove the tube from the post and replace with a gas QD (with the poppet still in it to seal the post), and connect a spunding valve to the standard gas post. Set the spunding valve for only a couple of PSI, as more can blow the lid off of the Fermonster.

I haven't done the above yet, as I am mostly using a Kegmenter now with Kveik yeast to ferment warm as the Kegmenter won't fit in my fermentation chamber. Note: the Kegmenter was $95 cheaper when I bought it 5 yrs ago.

Brew on

 

[wsmith1625]

This thread has all the information you'll need to set up your Fermonster for closed transfers.

Thread 'Turning your Fermonster into a complete closed transfer system for cheap!' https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...lete-closed-transfer-system-for-cheap.680992/