Fermcap - Foam Control

[Dan Pratt]

Does anyone know who sells the foam control agent Fermcap?

I have been usiing a new hood on the 20Lt BM and the boil is about 10x stronger which is leading to foam ups and borderline boil overs.

Dan

 

[Batz]

Grain and Grape

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/products/search?search=foam

I'm about to order some myself for the same reason, I asked a couple of other more local retailers but never received a reply.

Batz

 

[Yob]

hmmm.. I have a vast amount of the stuff, we needed it for the Vic Case swap...

If I can find something to package it in, you're welcome to some of it... sure I have vials.. but they're for yeast

 

[Batz]

hmmm.. I have a vast amount of the stuff, we needed it for the Vic Case swap...

If I can find something to package it in, you're welcome to some of it... sure I have vials.. but they're for yeast

Thank you Yob, I can always do with a new hop order.

 

[Dan Pratt]

hmmm.. I have a vast amount of the stuff, we needed it for the Vic Case swap...

If I can find something to package it in, you're welcome to some of it... sure I have vials.. but they're for yeast

Your to bloody kind Yob!

Whats the dose rate with this stuff?

 

[Yob]

Off thw top of my head a few ml per single batch, I'll have a look on the bottle tonight, we used about 40ml or so in our 500ml boil (from hazy memory)

 

[barls]

Barley man in Sydney has it I don't know if he has packaged it though

 

[Black n Tan]

Whats the dose rate with this stuff?

I use one drop in a yeast starter and about 5-10 drops in a 40-50L batch in the BM: I just add it one drop at a time until foaming is under control. One vial will last for years.

 

[brewermp]

Does anyone know the active ingredient in this? Just trying to find some other places that stock it.

 

[Black n Tan]

Does anyone know the active ingredient in this? Just trying to find some other places that stock it.

simethicone is the active ingredient

 

[Yob]

that'll teach me for opening my gob before I check.. it must still be at Idzy's from the Brewday, I'll have to arrange to swing by and collect on the weekend or some such..

'pologies

 

[GalBrew]

simethicone is the active ingredient

So can I just use my kid's Infacol for foam control then?

Makes sense though. Simethicone is used to make small bubbles form into big bubbles, which ether pop or get burped out depending on your particular requirements.

 

[Black n Tan]

So can I just use my kid's Infacol for foam control then?

Makes sense though. Simethicone is used to make small bubbles form into big bubbles, which ether pop or get burped out depending on your particular requirements.

Your right, it is the same active ingredient, but I don't know what else is in infacol eg. flavouring etc.

 

[Florian]

Off thw top of my head a few ml per single batch, I'll have a look on the bottle tonight, we used about 40ml or so in our 500ml boil (from hazy memory)

Had a good chuckle at this, just pictured all you Vic blokes standing around a tiny sauce pan on a big burner...

I got a vial from morebeer years ago, and then another one from CB. Wasn't on the website though, just directly from the shop. Never used it for the boil, only ever for fermentation.

 

[Moad]

Bit of a necro but I picked up some fermcap this week and just tried it with a starter in erl flask. Amazing stuff... 2 drops in 4L starter and it didn't even come close to looking like a boil over. Normally its a volcano if I don't turn it down

 

[Batz]

Bit of a necro but I picked up some fermcap this week and just tried it with a starter in erl flask. Amazing stuff... 2 drops in 4L starter and it didn't even come close to looking like a boil over. Normally its a volcano if I don't turn it down

Yes fantastic stuff.

Well if a boil over is ever a problem, with fermcap it's not. I use two drops in 55lt at strong boil.

 

[Moad]

Yup its going to mean I can push my brews to 120L as intended and not have to completely dismantle it to clean up boilovers!