building your own conical fermenter
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building your own conical fermenter
There has to be a way that you can build a conical fermenter out of, say, a 5 gallon water jug. Does anyone have any information on improvising with making a conical fermenter? Thank you.
Re: building your own conical fermenter
Take a look at this:crueli07 wrote:There has to be a way that you can build a conical fermenter out of, say, a 5 gallon water jug. Does anyone have any information on improvising with making a conical fermenter? Thank you.
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products ... rodID=4914
Fermentap Clog?
PCharles
what experience do you have with the fermentap?
I have heard they clog pretty quickly/easily?
just looking for another opinion
thanks
steve
what experience do you have with the fermentap?
I have heard they clog pretty quickly/easily?
just looking for another opinion
thanks
steve
Re: Fermentap Clog?
[quote="stevie.o"]PCharles
what experience do you have with the fermentap?
I have heard they clog pretty quickly/easily?
I had one and they suck. the problem is that the sides of the carboy do not slope enough and everything catches just above the neck. I think if you swirled it twice a day it might work. it just depends what you are trying to accomplish with it.
hope this helps
Jason
what experience do you have with the fermentap?
I have heard they clog pretty quickly/easily?
I had one and they suck. the problem is that the sides of the carboy do not slope enough and everything catches just above the neck. I think if you swirled it twice a day it might work. it just depends what you are trying to accomplish with it.
hope this helps
Jason
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Re: Fermentap Clog?
Yeah, from what I've read that's pretty much what everyone says. I think in the six years or so that I've been coming to beer forums I've only read one positive comment about the Fermentap.jawsfree wrote:I had one and they suck. the problem is that the sides of the carboy do not slope enough and everything catches just above the neck. I think if you swirled it twice a day it might work. it just depends what you are trying to accomplish with it.
hope this helps
Jason
crueli07, if you're looking for an economical way to get a conical then I agree the Mini Brew conicals are probably your best bet. You could probably build your own with parts from US Plastics or Toledo Metal Spinning, but by the time you got all the required parts you'd probably have more in it than just buying the Mini Brew.
conical fermenter possibility!
Speaking of "building" a conical fermenter, I ran accross this website that makes these food grade plastic conical vessels. The 2" thds would accomidate a 2" butterfly valve. The cover is a tight seal and may be drilled to fit an airlock. All you really need to do is to drill a hole where the racking arm goes and install a Konical Kitz rotating racking arm! You can check it out here and the price is pretty good too!
http://www.plastic-mart.com/class.php?item=135
What do ya think??
Ron
http://www.plastic-mart.com/class.php?item=135
What do ya think??
Ron
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well...according to their documentation, the unit is FDA approved and food grade.
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On Tap:
HL Pale Ale
HL Lite Lager
Bottled:
HL Simcoe Pale Ale
HL Wizeguy Weizenbock
HL Reveur Saison
HL Dry Stout
HL Kentucky Common
On Tap:
HL Pale Ale
HL Lite Lager
Bottled:
HL Simcoe Pale Ale
HL Wizeguy Weizenbock
HL Reveur Saison
HL Dry Stout
HL Kentucky Common
Conical inductor for a fermentor
I did a little checking on the conical inductor sold by plastic-mart.com. It's manufactured by Den Hartog Industries at www.acerotomold.com. According to their documentation this inductor is FDA food-grade for specific gravities up to 1.700. It also has marks every half gallon. Let us know how it turns out if you go this route or even if you don't.
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