How to: Ferment in 6gl torpedo..

[Skunkape71]

Hi guys.. New to kegging.. I have found myself in a situation where I'm bottlenecked on my brewing at the fermentation stage.. I've made a FC from a small 4-5? cf freezer a buddy donated to the cause. I have an all rounder that takes up all the floor space, so I'm pretty well shut down until the beer finishes.

I have decided I can save the all rounder for beers that are specifically needing pressure fermented, and I've got a 6gl torpedo keg on the way I plan on using, with plans to add another, as I have the floor space for two of them. That way, I can have 2 beers fermenting at the same time or overlapping, so hopefully I can build up a stockpile. Being new to the kegging scene, I've found I have a lot more company as of late...

My question is: I'm not necessarily wanting to PF beers in the torpedoes, although I know I can.. How are you guys handling this?

1. throw a spunding on it and forget about it?
2. using a quick disconnect with a blow off tube (worried about clogged post with this one)
3. taking the gas post out and using a tube

Just trying to get a game plan together to be more efficient, and not held up at fermentation. Thx!

 

[Yesfan]

Number 1 for me when using a keg as a fermenter. I put a spunding valve on, set to 15 psi, and let er ride. Toward the end, I may increase the spunding valve pressure to 20psi. After 2 weeks, I cold crash with no gas connected for a day or two. I can't remember what the pressure drops to (I should track that better), but I vent the keg down to 12 psi, then attach the gas, then pull a pint and taste.

My basement stays in the mid 60s. I do 4 gallons in a 5 gallon keg and 2.5 gallons in a 3 gallon keg for adequate head space. The kegs I use for pressure fermentation also have floating dip tubes and lower rated prvs (the green ones).

 

[RM-MN]

1. Ales ferment fast and they only need temperature control during the fast phase of fermentation, usually only 3 or 4 days. After the ferment has slowed they can finish out at room temperature because they are no longer producing a significant amount of esters.
2. If you have 2 active fermenters with a single controller, you are only controlling one and the other is fermeting wild. You need two refrigeration units with separate controllers to control 2 vessels.

 

[fluketamer]

i ferment in an oxebar pretty regularly and i always use the gas post as a blow off tube. it hasnt got clogged yet even though a fair amount of kreusen gets pushed through there.

i squeeze a little over 5 gallons in there and leave only about 3 inches of headspace.


theres a prv just in case . tho i suppose that could clog also and then BOOM.

 

[odie]

Hi guys.. New to kegging.. I have found myself in a situation where I'm bottlenecked on my brewing at the fermentation stage.. I've made a FC from a small 4-5? cf freezer a buddy donated to the cause. I have an all rounder that takes up all the floor space, so I'm pretty well shut down until the beer finishes.

I have decided I can save the all rounder for beers that are specifically needing pressure fermented, and I've got a 6gl torpedo keg on the way I plan on using, with plans to add another, as I have the floor space for two of them. That way, I can have 2 beers fermenting at the same time or overlapping, so hopefully I can build up a stockpile. Being new to the kegging scene, I've found I have a lot more company as of late...

My question is: I'm not necessarily wanting to PF beers in the torpedoes, although I know I can.. How are you guys handling this?

1. throw a spunding on it and forget about it?
2. using a quick disconnect with a blow off tube (worried about clogged post with this one)
3. taking the gas post out and using a tube

Just trying to get a game plan together to be more efficient, and not held up at fermentation. Thx!

if you want pressure...try a blue PRV, 10psi, as the spunding valve. You can swap to a red PRV, 25psi, to finish and also carb up.

For a blow off, best to completely remove the post and use a 1/2 silicone tube...no QD or poppet to clog.