Biab Plus No Chill Question

[Lurks]

My cubes are 20 L (which actually hold around 23 L).

Yeah, so I presume the 25s are probably also a bit conservative in capacity.

 

[manticle]

I have still brewed with active yeasts in this way. Give it a whirl - worst that can happen is you need to clean your fridge. That can happen with fermenters and glad wrap too.

 

[JDW81]

I fill it up as much as my kettle allows (sans hot break of course).

Give it a go one day. It's surprisingly easy and surprisingly unmessy. Open cube to let air in, close again, shake, add yeast, lid on tight then back lid off a couple of notches. Any krausen leakage gets a spray with starsan and a wipe. Easier than glad wrap and the cube is a piece of piss to clean if you use boiling water with your sodium percarb.

As you say - each to their own. For sure. Diddly iddly.

BUT.....


My way is pretty cool.

I'm definitely going to give this a shot. It will double my fermenting capacity. Shaking the cube will give me a good workout.

Manticle, I presume you put a tap on your cubes?

 

[manticle]

Cubes are tapped.

 

[Bada Bing Brewery]

I fill it up as much as my kettle allows (sans hot break of course).

Give it a go one day. It's surprisingly easy and surprisingly unmessy. Open cube to let air in, close again, shake, add yeast, lid on tight then back lid off a couple of notches. Any krausen leakage gets a spray with starsan and a wipe. Easier than glad wrap and the cube is a piece of piss to clean if you use boiling water with your sodium percarb.

As you say - each to their own. For sure. Diddly iddly.

BUT.....


My way is pretty cool.

+1 Manticle
I have never done it any other way.
Cheers
BBB

 

[Lurks]

Cubes are tapped.

When fermenting in the cube, do you just leave the cap on but loose or go for cling film + rubber band or similar?

Mat.

 

[manticle]

Cap slightly loose (still threaded so it can't get knocked - basically finger tight, then backed off a turn or so).