Conicals!!

[tdbc2011]

Just got home from vacation and these were waiting!!


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[DirtyDawg10]

Sweet! Now let's see the stainless.


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[tdbc2011]

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[tdbc2011]

Only took about 10 minutes to assemble. Will wash, use Teflon tape on the threads tomorrow and brew Sunday!


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[Epimetheus]

Very nice!

How do you clean them? They look too tall to reach all the way to the bottom.

 

[tdbc2011]

Sweet! Now let's see the stainless.


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Thanks!

 

[tdbc2011]

Very nice!

How do you clean them? They look too tall to reach all the way to the bottom.

They are 7 gallons so they are pretty small. I can easily reach the bottom. It should only take a couple of minutes to disassemble one to clean. Instructions say to use warm soapy water the first time, pbw, then starsan.

 

[Doctor_M]

Looking good. Now replace those ball valves with butterfly valves and you won't need to worry about "Teflon tape for the threads".

 

[tdbc2011]

Looking good. Now replace those ball valves with butterfly valves and you won't need to worry about "Teflon tape for the threads".

I will look into that. Thanks

 

[patthebrewer]

Oooohhhh......Shiny! Very nice, you'll love fermenting with a conical. My advice....order extra gaskets, and don't forget to take the valves apart too for cleaning.

 

[tdbc2011]

Oooohhhh......Shiny! Very nice, you'll love fermenting with a conical. My advice....order extra gaskets, and don't forget to take the valves apart too for cleaning.

Thanks!! Are the gaskets for the tri-clamp fittings standard?

 

[Doctor_M]

There are different size tri clamp fittings but other then the size (yours are 1.5") you can buy them from anyplace that sells tc gaskets.

 

[tdbc2011]

There are different size tri clamp fittings but other then the size (yours are 1.5") you can buy them from anyplace that sells tc gaskets.

That is great. Thanks

 

[VladOfTrub]

Nice equipment. Use the fitting on the dome to inject a couple of pounds CO2 when it's time to keg. Hook the racking port to a hose with a cornie "out" connector on one end of the hose and push the beer into the bottom of a purged cornie, with the priming solution in the bottom. Keep the keg relief open while filling. No air, no gravity, no pump.

 

[kwadric]

What kind of cooling and temp probe are you going to use? I like that the conical has a built in thermowell. What is the diameter of the thermowell?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

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very nice, brutha! I only have one conical, but it's the 14 gallon heated/cooled. I don't use it near as much as I should.

 

[tdbc2011]

Nice equipment. Use the fitting on the dome to inject a couple of pounds CO2 when it's time to keg. Hook the racking port to a hose with a cornie "out" connector on one end of the hose and push the beer into the bottom of a purged cornie, with the priming solution in the bottom. Keep the keg relief open while filling. No air, no gravity, no pump.

I will definitely give that a try. I have plenty of "out" fittings, just have to get an additional fitting for the dome.

 

[tdbc2011]

What kind of cooling and temp probe are you going to use? I like that the conical has a built in thermowell. What is the diameter of the thermowell?

I have a fridge for the summer with a Johnsons Control. I also have two STC 1000's that I will make temp controls for in the future. I brewed an APA yesterday and I just used one of my digital thermometers and it worked pretty good....sitting at 68 degrees at room temp.

I do not know the diameter of the thermowell but both the johnsons control and stc 1000 probes fit.

 

[tdbc2011]

very nice, brutha! I only have one conical, but it's the 14 gallon heated/cooled. I don't use it near as much as I should.

Good looking set-up!