So I'm thinking of fermenting in a 5 gallon corny, they're almost the same price as better bottles but you get a fermentation chamber and a keg. Also, I like the idea of a closed-system on the cold side because during racking I'm always nervous that something's gonna fall into my beer.
I also like being able to rack from the Primary keg to the conditioning/serving keg using CO2 to push from keg to keg thus eliminating exposure to oxygen, plus it just seems cleaner.
I want to be able to monitor wort temp and have a blow-off tube on the corny. I've seen people removing the "Gas In" post and placing a blow-off tube attached to a barb, but I'd have to switch out the post when I'm ready to hook back up to CO2. I've seen corny lids that replace the PRV with a blow-off but then your keg won't retain pressure, so you'd have either switch out the lid or take out the blow-off and re-install the PRV - is there a better way to set this up? I also haven't found a good solution for monitoring wort temp. Could I drop a thermowell into the Lliquid Post and put the digital probe in there? Just looking for any insight into the easiest, most efficient way to do this.
I also like being able to rack from the Primary keg to the conditioning/serving keg using CO2 to push from keg to keg thus eliminating exposure to oxygen, plus it just seems cleaner.
I want to be able to monitor wort temp and have a blow-off tube on the corny. I've seen people removing the "Gas In" post and placing a blow-off tube attached to a barb, but I'd have to switch out the post when I'm ready to hook back up to CO2. I've seen corny lids that replace the PRV with a blow-off but then your keg won't retain pressure, so you'd have either switch out the lid or take out the blow-off and re-install the PRV - is there a better way to set this up? I also haven't found a good solution for monitoring wort temp. Could I drop a thermowell into the Lliquid Post and put the digital probe in there? Just looking for any insight into the easiest, most efficient way to do this.