Cold Crashing

[Bayou Fatma Brewer]

Funny, I've done similar, and seen others do it. Lots of people have the same idea. Thoguhts for you:

* There's a chance your silicone stopper will get sucked into the fermenter. No guarantees, and I can't give you a % chance, but I'm positive that it exists.
* Silicone is pretty awful for keeping oxygen out. Shorter is better here. You'll have some amount of O2 entering 24/7 through it.

Thanks for the advice. Wasn’t aware that oxygen permeated silicon easily. I guess I’ll just keep "bumping" the fermenter with CO2 bursts to keep it equalized somewhat before kegging. (I would think if O2 is getting inside that the lid wouldn’t be inverted showing a good vacuum seal. (Maybe I’ll explore different tubing) any ideas of a better tubing to keep O2 out ?
also I don’t think there’s anyway this stopper will go through the lid As it’s much larger at the top side.
thanx again
Cheers

 

[day_trippr]

Pretty much any other tubing will resist oxygen better than silicone...

Cheers!

 

[Closet Fermenter]

I put a weldless triclamp bulkhead on the lid of my fermenter. I attached a ball lock tapping head on this. It makes it easy to attach a bubbler or blow onto the gas post. It would also be easy to attach CO₂ during cold crash. I use it primarily for closed transfers to my kegs: gas to gas, liquid to liquid hoses with connectors.

 

[Bayou Fatma Brewer]

I put a weldless triclamp bulkhead on the lid of my fermenter. I attached a ball lock tapping head on this. It makes it easy to attach a bubbler or blow onto the gas post. It would also be easy to attach CO₂ during cold crash. I use it primarily for closed transfers to my kegs: gas to gas, liquid to liquid hoses with connectors.

Thanx.. looks much better than my "rig-up". Wasn’t aware of these fittings. Guess I can figure out the transfers and bubbler hook ups. Will definitely look into this.

 

[Bayou Fatma Brewer]

I put a weldless triclamp bulkhead on the lid of my fermenter. I attached a ball lock tapping head on this. It makes it easy to attach a bubbler or blow onto the gas post. It would also be easy to attach CO₂ during cold crash. I use it primarily for closed transfers to my kegs: gas to gas, liquid to liquid hoses with connectors.

I put a Tri clamp on the fermenter lid with a ball lock head. How much co2 pressure should I keep on the fermenter if I kept a co2 cylinder hooked up to it while cold crashing? Then what pressure when closed transfer to Keg ?
Cheers