Hoppslover
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Have any of you dry hopped in the Fastferment? Wondering what I need to do.
Have any of you dry hopped in the Fastferment? Wondering what I need to do.
Have any of you dry hopped in the Fastferment? Wondering what I need to do.
I did see a thread about pumping glycol through a coil submerged in the fermenter. I can see where this would be highly effective but it seems a tad risky.
Ok has anyone heard or seen any good solutions for temp control on these?
I use small fridges with my carboys now. I ultimately would like to find a small fridge to fit this so I can give it its on temp control separate from my others.
I did see a thread about pumping glycol through a coil submerged in the fermenter. I can see where this would be highly effective but it seems a tad risky.
Any other ideas out there?
Does anyone know what the total height of these units are with an airlock on top? I use a chest freezer as a fermentation chamber and am seriously considering one.
I'd recommend a strap wrench over channel locks to loosen the collection ball. Less risk of cracking the plastic. Strap wrenches are cheap and I just keep one with all the FF gear in a bin.
I removed the thermowell and added a Liquifit valve for sampling.
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Do you have the part number for the valve?
This is a follow up to my April post on the FastFermnet I bought that had a leaky ball valve. Support shipped me a new one and I just put a batch together last week. It seems to be holding well. I will post a review after I complete kegging (and start drinking ) the batch.
Did you just give them a call?
Just did my first batch using the fast ferment conical fermenter. Brewed an extract kit from Northern Brewer....their Smashing Pumpkin Ale. It's a 1.054 OG brew and I used a dry yeast to ferment. 48 hours after pitching at a safe temperature, I'm getting NO action on my airlock. Scared, I cracked the lid and almost passed out from the CO2 waft...so fermentation is indeed occurring, just not presenting itself in the airlock.
Anyone else have this issue or have any ideas what's going on? My initial thoughts are the CO2 is escaping from a leak in the plumbing somewhere...although my inspections haven't confirmed this (smell, sanitized water to look for bubbling). The foam cap on the fermentation was definitely there, although not ridiculously voluminous. Oddly, there was a lighter area of foam in the middle surrounded by a darker area of foam.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Are you using the new thicker silicone gasket on your lid? I'm using the new gasket and even with that I really have to crank down on the lid to get a good seal.
Just did my first batch using the fast ferment conical fermenter. Brewed an extract kit from Northern Brewer....their Smashing Pumpkin Ale. It's a 1.054 OG brew and I used a dry yeast to ferment. 48 hours after pitching at a safe temperature, I'm getting NO action on my airlock. Scared, I cracked the lid and almost passed out from the CO2 waft...so fermentation is indeed occurring, just not presenting itself in the airlock.
Anyone else have this issue or have any ideas what's going on? My initial thoughts are the CO2 is escaping from a leak in the plumbing somewhere...although my inspections haven't confirmed this (smell, sanitized water to look for bubbling). The foam cap on the fermentation was definitely there, although not ridiculously voluminous. Oddly, there was a lighter area of foam in the middle surrounded by a darker area of foam.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Gasket gasket gasket, I find that an extra 1/4 turn launches my airlock from dead to volcano instantly, if you can also make an additional gasket yourself, just trace over the foam one onto any rubber sheet material and add a few of these to the seal!
Gasket gasket gasket, I find that an extra 1/4 turn launches my airlock from dead to volcano instantly, if you can also make an additional gasket yourself, just trace over the foam one onto any rubber sheet material and add a few of these to the seal!
In addition to the not-sealing-tight issue, my gasket fell out and into the beer the first time I used it (before it could be screwed on)
I started lubing the gasket top & bottom with keg lube. No problems with either issue since.
In addition to the not-sealing-tight issue, my gasket fell out and into the beer the first time I used it (before it could be screwed on)
I started lubing the gasket top & bottom with keg lube. No problems with either issue since.
I'm thinking about getting a FastFerment.
For those that added a sampling port, when you draw a sample does it pull air through your airlock? If not, where does the air enter the vessel as the sample comes out? Same question applies when bottling or racking from the bottom valve, doesn't opening the valve to let liquid out draw air back through your airlock?
Along those lines, has anyone tried open fermentation with the FF using just the lid screwed on without the seal/gasket (and the airlock hole plugged)? I do open fermentation all the time with a 15 gallon plastic barrel fermenter with just the lid on (no airtight seal). Having no airlock would also reduce the overall height.
Thanks.
For those that added a sampling port, when you draw a sample does it pull air through your airlock?
Yes a few times without any side affects that I noticed anyway. Drinking a Caribou Slobber now that I did that way.Along those lines, has anyone tried open fermentation with the FF using just the lid screwed on without the seal/gasket (and the airlock hole plugged)?
I'm not worried about the small amount of air that enters while drawing a sample.I added a sampling port down low for bottling/ kegging. The airlock that it comes with doesn't let air through in reverse so the port slows to a trickle due to the vacuum until I pull the airlock out, then it comes out fast. That little air is nothing to worry about as the system is still a lot more air-less than the traditional carboy/ bucket method as a whole anyway.
It seems that a lot of people that are/were having lid sealing problems actually did the open fermentation (lid not airtight) too.Yes a few times without any side affects that I noticed anyway. Drinking a Caribou Slobber now that I did that way.
I have the older version of these, a V vessel and dont use it because there is no easy way to control temps with the glycol chiller I use with my other stainless conicals... Honestly if they had a jacket like the "cool zone" jacket I use for my other conicals of a stainless coil to small enough to mount it it I would be golden and buy another... I use double bubble foil based insulation to wrap the outside of my conicals and it insulates well.
I hope they havent abandon a cooling jacket with liquid cooling capability.
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