I love pressure fermenting and always transfer like you do. I love the idea of capturing the c02 I’m definitely going to adopt that. Nice one cheers 👍🍻
Clear and concise as usual, great informative vid. Pressure fermenting definitely happening this year.. just need to decide on one... Are you prefering the Apollo over the Chubby?
thanks! They are both absolutely fine for fermenting, but the Apollo has some features which make it easier, like the dry hop port and thermowell. Also it's conical which is good for fermentation. I think both are good but Apollo is my preference. What are you thinking of getting?
@@KegThat thanks for the info. Probably a toss up between the Apollo or unitank version and the Chubby or All-rounder.. so probably the Apollo overall from what I've seen and your advice
Yes that's correct. The setup is a spunding valve on the fermenter set to 12-15psi, and then a spunding valve set to 12-15 psi on the collection tank. This method will pressurise the fermenter a bit quicker. Ultimately the pressure will be dictated by which ever spunding valve is higher.
@@KegThat You’re missing my point mate. If they are in a closed position (loop) then the fermentation will produce more than the set amount on the spunding valve so it will continue to increase in the tanks….as they can only vent to each other…if this exceeds 35-40 psi it could split the fermenter. If is fine if one of the spunding valves are open, but in your closed loop they are not as the fermenter vents to the keg and the keg to the fermenter…so upon equalisation they will both pressurise until the fermentation is over.
The closed loop bit only happens during transfer, not fermentation. During fermentation there is a spunding valve which vents extra pressure during fermentation into the air, not back into the FV. Is that what you're querying?
@@KegThat Ah right - yes, I must have missed that mate. I thought you were trying to build up lots of pressure in the capture keg lol....all good. Glad it works for you.
I have found quality makes a huge difference. The first time I made this recipe which was a while ago now, I went to Waitrose and got the best vanilla pods I could find. Those really added a strong vanilla flavour. I've also found leaving them for longer can help too. The pods I used were from an online shop I've never used before and it took a week of steeping to get a fairly strong vanilla flavour from one pod. So I'd say 1 really good vanilla pod for 20-25L beer steeped for up to a week should do it, but if you don't have access to that then more pods should also work.
I love pressure fermenting and always transfer like you do. I love the idea of capturing the c02 I’m definitely going to adopt that. Nice one cheers 👍🍻
Clear and concise as usual, great informative vid. Pressure fermenting definitely happening this year.. just need to decide on one... Are you prefering the Apollo over the Chubby?
thanks! They are both absolutely fine for fermenting, but the Apollo has some features which make it easier, like the dry hop port and thermowell. Also it's conical which is good for fermentation. I think both are good but Apollo is my preference. What are you thinking of getting?
@@KegThat thanks for the info. Probably a toss up between the Apollo or unitank version and the Chubby or All-rounder.. so probably the Apollo overall from what I've seen and your advice
So once the pressure in the fermenter and the collection tank (CO2) equalises - surely it will prohibit the CO2 from escaping from the fermenter?
Yes that's correct. The setup is a spunding valve on the fermenter set to 12-15psi, and then a spunding valve set to 12-15 psi on the collection tank. This method will pressurise the fermenter a bit quicker. Ultimately the pressure will be dictated by which ever spunding valve is higher.
@@KegThat You’re missing my point mate. If they are in a closed position (loop) then the fermentation will produce more than the set amount on the spunding valve so it will continue to increase in the tanks….as they can only vent to each other…if this exceeds 35-40 psi it could split the fermenter. If is fine if one of the spunding valves are open, but in your closed loop they are not as the fermenter vents to the keg and the keg to the fermenter…so upon equalisation they will both pressurise until the fermentation is over.
The closed loop bit only happens during transfer, not fermentation. During fermentation there is a spunding valve which vents extra pressure during fermentation into the air, not back into the FV. Is that what you're querying?
@@KegThat Ah right - yes, I must have missed that mate. I thought you were trying to build up lots of pressure in the capture keg lol....all good. Glad it works for you.
What is your number of vanilla pods to beer ratio? I've had varying results most likely due to the quality of vanilla beans.
I have found quality makes a huge difference. The first time I made this recipe which was a while ago now, I went to Waitrose and got the best vanilla pods I could find. Those really added a strong vanilla flavour. I've also found leaving them for longer can help too. The pods I used were from an online shop I've never used before and it took a week of steeping to get a fairly strong vanilla flavour from one pod. So I'd say 1 really good vanilla pod for 20-25L beer steeped for up to a week should do it, but if you don't have access to that then more pods should also work.
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