Upside down sanke keg fermentor

[Artifishal]

Question for you,
How to do siphon to kegs/bottling bucket? i wont be able to lift it worth a damn... so i'm debating getting some metal and making a 2' stand for the mini fridge and just filling it while it's in the fridge so i can use a siphon.

I like it on the ground. I well it into the fridge and out.

I got a ss racking cane for a few bucks from stainless dewing.com

http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/SS-Racking-Cane_p_43.html

I put a bottling tube on that and stick it in a corny, then push in about 2-3 psi of co2 through the 2nd hole to force it out. Works like a charm.

Those two holes are used for a thermowell and an airlock during fermentation for me, or you could just plug one of them with an un-drilled stopper if you don't want to do the thermowell thing. I really like the thermowell though.

Another option is to build a double pulley system and pull it up to a table.

A third option is to buy a diaphragm pump to gently pump it out.

To be honest though, the easiest way, is to have your neighbor come over and just help you lift it up into a table, that's what I did once and it was a lot easier than the co2 contraption. I'll still keep that handy for when no one is around to help.

 

[davou]

I've recently gotten lucky and picked up two sanke kegs for $15 each. I'm romanticizing about using one of them as a fermenter. I've been using a 15 gallon LME drum and it is fun but very hard to clean.

I would like to use a 2 inch tri clover clamp on the normal opening then flip it upside down and cut a 12" hole in the bottom which will be the new top. I bought a replacement pot lid that is glass with silicone around the outside, and would like to apply some pressure to this to get an airtight seal. I have a diamond holesaw bit and can cut a hole in the glass to fit a stopper and an S bubbler.

If that goes well and it is airtight the next step would be to install a valve and transfer via pushing CO2 through the hole in the top and the beer would come out the valve on the side toward the bottom into my corny kegs.

I cannot find any information on doing it this way online. Has anyone tried this? Can anyone direct me to more information on this? Thoughts?

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Can I ask where you got that lid?

 

[Rivenin]

this is funny... i've been debating this same thing for awhile as well.
I want to build a jacket out of copper for cooling, but if i do that, i wouldn't want to keep disconnecting it in order to get it to the sink to clean it.
glad someone else did more of the reseach for me! haha.

good job sir!

So, i'm slowly getting there...

20160710_110058 by Noah Scott, on Flickr

Built the stand with the collar on wheels which i'm fermenting everything in the sanke keg... Now i just need to get some tri clamp crap... It just doesn't feel right filling it up with 15 gallons of scalding water, i'm wondering how much money it's taking with electricity and water to clean this damn thing with the oxy soak every time

 

[Artifishal]

Can I ask where you got that lid?

I got it at Meijers, but it shattered when I drilled it. Damn tempered glass!

 

[KKHolidaze]

Artifishal, where did you get your polycarbonate lid and silicone gasket from post 18/19? I've been looking online and can't find anything as substantial as yours. Thanks!