All In One Conical And Co2 Dispenser

[Yorg]

I've been reading a few threads recently - one where a SS Conical fermenter (on a US board somewhere) was designed with the intent that it also take some pressure in order to be able to rack the fermented beer away.
What about leaving it there - either in a fridge or jacket controlled cooled - and dispencing under CO2 pressure?
What might be the pros and cons?

 

[kook]

That'd be the fermenator. I'm not sure if it can hold enough pressure to carbonate effectively, it's only meant to take a bit for racking.

Be worth sending the manufacturer (Blichmann) an email.

 

[Guest Lurker]

Sounds like a good way to make yeasty beer to me.

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Wouldn't that mean the fermenter would be tied up dispensing rather than fermenting

I can't really see a practical application

Cheers

 

[Thirsty Boy]

That would make it a mini Unitank. Unitanks are really common in micro/craft brewreies. Especially brewpubs where they dispense straight from bright beer tanks instead of kegs.

No real cons apart from what Cortez said and the fact that I dont think they exist on the homebrew scale.

Not sure if any of the available conicals would take the pressure, not sure how practical it would be in a homebrew setting. But it would definately be cool.

 

[Velophile]

There is a guy on the US Brewboard who modified a SS conical to capture the CO2.

http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=7848&st=0

Warning! the thread is 39 pages long.

 

[Yorg]

Thanks folks.