Speidel Plastic Tanks

[eastoak]

Is the bottom of that tank flat? With that shape it almost looks like you could put it in a stand and and put a dump valve on the bottom. Just thinking out loud here. One of these will certainly be my next purchase because I can do my wines in them too.

it is flat on the bottom.

 

[avid]

i bottled the last batch right out of the fermentor and i did have a bit of trub that i cleared by opening the tap into a glass. this time i left most of the trub and hops in the kettle.

How does one go about sanitizing the valve when it already connected to a full fermentor? Thanks

 

[triangulum33]

How does one go about sanitizing the valve when it already connected to a full fermentor? Thanks

I fretted over that a little. In a perfect world, you could ferment with the cap over the bottom bung and somehow get the spigot on when it was time to transfer.
I ended up turning the spigot up 90* when I first filled it with wort so the tip would not touch the ground/floor when I moved it around. Then when it was time to transfer to keg, I just sprayed the sh!t out of it with SS and let it soak in the little spigot tube. Twice.

 

[eastoak]

How does one go about sanitizing the valve when it already connected to a full fermentor? Thanks

i sprayed it with star san and bottled as usual. if there was any contaminant lurking in there it will rear it's ugly head in the coming weeks. this morning i tried a week old beer and it was carbonated and tasty, huge head and lacing for days.

 

[triangulum33]

I wiggled the spigot open close slightly over and over to try to get the SS everywhere in there.

 

[triangulum33]

The last batch in these tanks was a 1.080 Winter Warmer with a 2L starter and the krautzen made it up to about the 7 gallon mark.

Sure is nice having the headspace!

 

[avid]

I fretted over that a little. In a perfect world, you could ferment with the cap over the bottom bung and somehow get the spigot on when it was time to transfer.

That is what had crossed my mind as a MO. Seems fraught with its own set of possible problems.

I tried ordering one the first day that someone posted about it here. MoreBeer misfired and sent me a sulfur stick instead. That was interesting. Almost as epic fail as the time Muscian's Friend sent me an overnight shipment with nothing in the box.

 

[beradthefish]

I checked with morebeer on these, they responded:

"Thanks for the inquiry. We hope to get those back in during next wine season around August-Septemeber. We may get more if during the spring if we can organize an earlier freight shipment from Germany. Cheers!"

I was hoping to get a 30 liter for doing wine.

 

[dreaded]

The last batch in these tanks was a 1.080 Winter Warmer with a 2L starter and the krautzen made it up to about the 7 gallon mark.

Sure is nice having the headspace!

+1


waiting till next august / sept... -10

 

[eastoak]

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my snotty nosed toddler expressing concern at this little blow out. I decided to test the limits a bit and put about 8 gallons of pale ale in here. instead of star san, i put vodka in the air lock because i think it make less of a mess. had i used a regular sized airlock it would have blown out. with ferm cap, which i did not use, 9 gallons will fit in this tank.

 

[triangulum33]

2 weeks ago I brewed 5G of 1.09 RIS. Again, krautzen filled up to around the 7 G mark.
Set it and forget it.

 

[Chriso]

Nice. Definitely think I'll upgrade to these late this summer as well.

Add me to the list of vodka-in-the-airlock folks. :fro:

 

[eastoak]

i love this thing. putting it up on the counter and bottling right out of the spigot warms my heart.

 

[triangulum33]

i love this thing. putting it up on the counter and bottling right out of the spigot warms my heart.

Yeah, they have been well worth the extra cost.

I got a little trub into the keg last time. I think I will try fermenting with the spigot side of the fermentor elevated so the cake compacts away from the hole.

 

[Chriso]

Good idea - One or two thin wooden shims (like for door installation) would be perfect for this.

 

[eastoak]

Good idea - One or two thin wooden shims (like for door installation) would be perfect for this.

i did that the first 2 times but now i just open the spigot full blast into a glass for a bit that clears out the trub and start bottling.

 

[Gargon]

for the price its a good buy! even more for people who collect 10 gal+ batches. looks easy to clean also

 

[smokinghole]

I wanted a couple of these in the worst way but they're still out of stock. I did find these today for a reasonable price. You can get a 2-60L HDPE carboys from this place for $80.

http://www.freundcontainer.com/kaut...d-leak-proof-plastic-carboys-hdpe/p/v3817B03/

 

[triangulum33]

I wanted a couple of these in the worst way but they're still out of stock. I did find these today for a reasonable price. You can get a 2-60L HDPE carboys from this place for $80.

http://www.freundcontainer.com/kaut...d-leak-proof-plastic-carboys-hdpe/p/v3817B03/

Interesting. I like how they are graduated.
I guess a brewer would use a drilled stopper to put the airlock in...
Is a stopcock a spigot?

 

[smokinghole]

http://www.kautex.de/fileadmin/user...ardverpackung/Standardverpackung_englisch.pdf

There's the company brochure. Yes a stopcock is a spigot.

 

[Mellow52]

dude. Its made in germany. Its better.


:d

+1

 

[tektonjp]

I wanted a couple of these in the worst way but they're still out of stock. I did find these today for a reasonable price. You can get a 2-60L HDPE carboys from this place for $80.

http://www.freundcontainer.com/kaut...d-leak-proof-plastic-carboys-hdpe/p/v3817B03/

I'm seeing the price as $128 for one. If you order two, the price each is $111. How did you arrive at $80?

 

[smokinghole]

That's because they were on sale when I posted the link. So that's how my math works.

 

[tektonjp]

That's because they were on sale when I posted the link. So that's how my math works.

Hope you got some at that price! Good deal.

 

[smokinghole]

I unfortunately did not, my wife might have killed me. I already have four 10 gal fermentors mixed in with a bunch of other carboys and buckets.

 

[brewstaedt]

Please bear with me if this is a stupid question; but when bottling directly from these, how do you add the priming sugar without stirring up the trub? I would like to skip transferring to a bottling bucket if possible.

 

[triangulum33]

Please bear with me if this is a stupid question; but when bottling directly from these, how do you add the priming sugar without stirring up the trub? I would like to skip transferring to a bottling bucket if possible.

I dont bottle, but maybe you could use carb tablets instead?

 

[fletchsj]

Has anyone seen these or similar stateside? I've seen a few similar vessels to these but all are in Europe. There has to be a company here in the US that makes these or imports them for some other industry. I have one very similar to this that I've had for many years (10+) except it has a green lid and black spigot. I love it but cannot find any replacements.

 

[brewstaedt]

I dont bottle, but maybe you could use carb tablets instead?

Duh...of course. Thanks

 

[eastoak]

Please bear with me if this is a stupid question; but when bottling directly from these, how do you add the priming sugar without stirring up the trub? I would like to skip transferring to a bottling bucket if possible.

i bottle directly from my speidel tank and i add the priming sugar right into the top. it might stir up the bottom a bit, hard to tell since it's not see through. i don't worry about a little bit of trub since it packs down with the yeast you have in the bottle anyway. the first couple of times i tilted the tank back on some shims to avoid the trub collecting by the spigot and now i just turn the spigot on full blast for about 3-4 oz of beer, then bottle.