Hello. One of my friends is considering purchasing a Spike CF10 Conical Fermenter for fermenting under pressure. I didnt really know much about pressure fermenting but he explained to me that it can speed up fermentation, can all but eliminate the chance of oxidation, Eliminate blowoffs, and carbonate the beer before it goes into the keg. Sounds good to me.
Anyway the issue is that we brew in my garage which, in Upstate NY, gets very cold in the winters so leaving the CF10 in my garage during fermentation is not an option. We would either have to leave the CF10 in my basement or at his house and transfer the finished wort to it via buckets or something as we do 10 gallon batches regularly. Transporting either a full CF10 or full boil kettle would not be an option either.
Question is, have any of you done this? Im thinking the risk of contamination along with the hassle of transferring the wort twice may not be worth the advantages of using the CF10.
What do you think?
Anyway the issue is that we brew in my garage which, in Upstate NY, gets very cold in the winters so leaving the CF10 in my garage during fermentation is not an option. We would either have to leave the CF10 in my basement or at his house and transfer the finished wort to it via buckets or something as we do 10 gallon batches regularly. Transporting either a full CF10 or full boil kettle would not be an option either.
Question is, have any of you done this? Im thinking the risk of contamination along with the hassle of transferring the wort twice may not be worth the advantages of using the CF10.
What do you think?