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Ernie Kautzmann
New Member
Username: Ernie
Post Number: 7
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 01:42 am: | 
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I want to find out any of you brewers that own a conical fermenter get your wort into them. I have thought about purchasing a pump to pump it up through the dump valve on mine. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Ernie |
John Ferens
Junior Member
Username: John_ferens
Post Number: 39
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 02:28 am: |
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Ernie,
I have an ~8Gal plastic conical that I simply transfer cooled wort into by bucket (kettle is outside, fermenter inside). Another brew partner has a 20Gal stainless conical and we pump through the racking port, adding O2 along the way. Both methods work well.
John. |
Peter Roman
Advanced Member
Username: Lilbordr
Post Number: 514
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 03:39 am: |
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John,
That method sounds intersting. Next time you brew can you snap some digi pics?
Thanks,
Peter Roman |
Joel Gallihue
Member
Username: Gallibrew
Post Number: 138
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 03:53 am: |
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Pumping through the racking port ... adding 02 on the way is what I saw done w/ big conicals at a micro brewery. Dumping from buckets is at least 150 bucks cheaper for the homebrewer |
Geoff Buschur
Advanced Member
Username: Avmech
Post Number: 540
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 01:56 pm: |
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I brew in the garage and my conical is in the basement. I drilled a 1/2" hole through the footer in the garage wall so I can run a hose to the fermenter in the basement. The hose goes into the lid of the fermenter so there is a good amount of fall and splashing. I also add O2 to the yeast before I pitch. |
John Ferens
Junior Member
Username: John_ferens
Post Number: 40
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 07:27 pm: |
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Well, the pics he has from our last session should do so here’s one that has been cropped.
1.) This is where the wort comes out of the CFC into a rig that has a thermometer as well as an aeration stone (green O2 tank below).
2.) Here is where the wort enters the fermenter – the key is that he built a quick-connect into the dump port. Fairly clever was my second thought, my first being “Hmm, getting a bit happy with those QD’s, are we?”
Cheers!
John.
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Vance Barnes
Senior Member
Username: Vancebarnes
Post Number: 1416
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 08:07 pm: |
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the key is that he built a quick-connect into the dump port.
Think you ment the racking port. The dump port looks like a Tri-clover fitting. |
John Ferens
Junior Member
Username: John_ferens
Post Number: 41
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 08:51 pm: |
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Vance: correct, racking port not dumping port - my bad. Yes, that is also a tri-clover fitting he picked up on ebay for some pittance. The conical is from Toledo Metal Spinning.
John. |
Jonathan Henderson
Member
Username: Henderson1966
Post Number: 169
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 02:41 am: |
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I have a 12 gal SS conical and I just let the wort drain from the BK through a hose into the hole in the fermenter lid. Obviously, the BK needs to be higher than the fermenter. |
Tom Greenspon
New Member
Username: Tgreenspon
Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 03:48 am: |
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I use my March pump to pull wort from the BK through my CFC, then push it past an inline O2 into the dump valve of my 7.5G conical. Works great.
Tom |
John McElver
Member
Username: Johnmc
Post Number: 150
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 12:45 pm: |
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I brew in my garage, while my fermenter is in my basement. The intervening wall is brick, so I haven't drilled anything. I have one of those 5 gallon plastic carboys from a water dispenser, I fill it, carry it down and dump it, ~4 gallons at a time. It sucks, but the plastic weighs less than glass. |
Belly Buster Bob
Senior Member
Username: Canman
Post Number: 2085
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 07:15 pm: |
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I wish I had this problem
Bellybuster Bob
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