KK - 'Fermentasaurus' conical PET fermenter

[wide eyed and legless]

I have found the best method of dry hopping is in a bag, doesn't help you with your current dilemma, but something to keep in mind.
I stick it into secondary run the venting co2 through until the final day or two before transfering.

 

[CKK]

When will the new fermentasaurus be available via the website?
I need to do some brews for xmas and need a new fermenter, preferably pressurisable
I've been tossing up just making a kegmentor, but if they'll be online in the next week or so I'll just wait

Hoping that we have them out before the end of the month.

 

[devoutharpist]

To sample or not to sample...

So i've got a beer in my snubby that is most likely at FG now, but i am hesitant to take a sample due to a very large dryhop (dry hopped early so was mid-fermentation). The floating dip tube appears to be sitting amongst a whole bunch of spend hop garbage, and i feel if i try and draw a sample before i cold crash i could end up with a blockage... or at least some gunk sitting in there and hardening up until i do my final transfer?

So i did get a blockage about halfway through my closed transfer. Ended up turning up the CO2 and pushing the gas into the fermenter liquid post, pushed out whatever was in there and it was fine after. In other news 1318 floccs like a beast and took i'd say about 99.5% of the hops with it

 

[f00b4r]

Hoping that we have them out before the end of the month.

Any idea on a timeline for EU stock for the upgrade kits?

 

[Meddo]

Hoping that we have them out before the end of the month.

Do you have an updated ETA for these?

 

[Meddo]

Do you have an updated ETA for these?

Bump please @CEO Keg King?

 

[Truman42]

So if your going to pressure ferment in the fermentaurus or fermenter king junior and serve direct from the vessel are you guys dry hopping in a bag and pulling it out later or just throwing them in naked and letting them settle out when you chill the beer? Im worried about them causing grassy flavours by being left in there too long.

Or should we be transferring to another keg when doing a dry hopped beer?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

What I will be doing is dry hop in secondary cold crash transfer to keg or have a look at this.
http://scottjanish.com/my-favorite-way-to-dry-hop-loose-in-primary-and-kegs/

 

[Truman42]

What I will be doing is dry hop in secondary cold crash transfer to keg or have a look at this.
http://scottjanish.com/my-favorite-way-to-dry-hop-loose-in-primary-and-kegs/

I just brought a fermenter king junior and wanted to try pressure fermenting then serving direct from the vessel. But my recipe has a dry hop so I will be dry hopping in the FKJ.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

I just brought a fermenter king junior and wanted to try pressure fermenting then serving direct from the vessel. But my recipe has a dry hop so I will be dry hopping in the FKJ.

So you going to leave the yeast in there as well as the hops?

 

[Truman42]

So you going to leave the yeast in there as well as the hops?

Welll,,,Yeah..isnt that the idea of the whole snub nose and FKJ thing? To ferment and serve from the same vessel?

 

[Neil Buttriss]

I just brought a fermenter king junior and wanted to try pressure fermenting then serving direct from the vessel. But my recipe has a dry hop so I will be dry hopping in the FKJ.

I was going to do a ferment in the junior small batch, the then transfer to the Snubby for secondary ferment, cold crash in the Snubby, wash and sanitize the Junior and use it for serving. If I was to dry hop I would put a bag in snubby.

 

[Truman42]

I was going to do a ferment in the junior small batch, the then transfer to the Snubby for secondary ferment, cold crash in the Snubby, wash and sanitize the Junior and use it for serving. If I was to dry hop I would put a bag in snubby.

Do you know where the o rings on the posts are supposed to go in the junior? Top of lid or bottom where the thread is?

 

[Neil Buttriss]

Do you know where the o rings on the posts are supposed to go in the junior? Top of lid or bottom where the thread is?

Nah I am still in the Pilbara, get home next week but the junior is there waiting so I’ll have a look.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Welll,,,Yeah..isnt that the idea of the whole snub nose and FKJ thing? To ferment and serve from the same vessel?

I think you would be better off with 2 units, the other thing is if you are going to dry hop in the serving vessel then you will have to drink the contents pretty quick if you are worried about grassiness.

 

[Truman42]

I think you would be better off with 2 units, the other thing is if you are going to dry hop in the serving vessel then you will have to drink the contents pretty quick if you are worried about grassiness.

I was thinking that as it will be chilled down to 3C the hop grassiness will take longer to come through. I had someone else confirm this.

 

[Vic]

Do you know where the o rings on the posts are supposed to go in the junior? Top of lid or bottom where the thread is?

O rings won’t seal threads. They need two smooth surfaces to seal. Top of the lid to seal on the smooth surface surface of the post.

 

[CKK]

O rings won’t seal threads. They need two smooth surfaces to seal. Top of the lid to seal on the smooth surface surface of the post.

That is right. They go on top.

 

[CKK]

I think you would be better off with 2 units, the other thing is if you are going to dry hop in the serving vessel then you will have to drink the contents pretty quick if you are worried about grassiness.

It’s one of the reasons we made them so cheap is that people can afford to buy two. We might look at doing a twin pack with liquid transfer line thrown in.

 

[Neil Buttriss]

So why do you love your Fermentasaurus, me I love to watch the yeasties bounce up and down but most of all I have started collecting yeast, saves me a bit of coin which I only spend on other stuff anyway. This is my latest effort, unwashed from a non dry hopped brew with Imperial A15 Indepenence yeast

 

[JDB]

Anyone

So we got sick of all the reptilian connotations and decided to rename the Gen 3 Fermenters as the G3 Fermenter King and for the 60 litre unit its the G3 Fermenter King Max. Both can be heated and called with the new Thermentor King (Jacket recommended).

Trying to find dimensions of the new G3 Fermenter King, in particular total height of the unit in the stand. Need to confirm that it will fit in my fridge before I order one. Cheers

 

[devoutharpist]

Anyone got the specs of the silicone floating dip tube? Just pulled my snubnose out after a couple of months off and i broke the silicone dip tube trying to pull it free of the float

 

[Grmblz]

Anyone got the specs of the silicone floating dip tube? Just pulled my snubnose out after a couple of months off and i broke the silicone dip tube trying to pull it free of the float

For some odd reason the float tubing supplied by both teams is rubbish, too thin walled and seems to split after a just a couple of months, talk about spoiling the ship for a penny worth of tar. Source some quality silicon off ebay. KL saurus and KK FKJ both have the same tubing and both fail/split. "shakes head"

 

[devoutharpist]

For some odd reason the float tubing supplied by both teams is rubbish, too thin walled and seems to split after a just a couple of months, talk about spoiling the ship for a penny worth of tar. Source some quality silicon off ebay. KL saurus and KK FKJ both have the same tubing and both fail/split. "shakes head"

I better jump on eBay then. What ID/OD tubing did you get?

 

[Vic]

Try the link below. I found 5mmX8mm if using the red caps. 6mm id was too loose on the red caps, OK if using the stainless ones.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1M-Food...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[Elmar]

Anyone got the specs of the silicone floating dip tube? Just pulled my snubnose out after a couple of months off and i broke the silicone dip tube trying to pull it free of the float

The latest float and dip tube from kegland is only $7.95. Diptube is much better than the first one I bought with Fermzilla. And you get the floaty as well. It's been known to fail.

 

[devoutharpist]

Try the link below. I found 5mmX8mm if using the red caps. 6mm id was too loose on the red caps, OK if using the stainless ones.

Thanks for that, i've got the SS posts so i grabbed the 6mm ID. With any luck it should arrive by my intended brew day

 

[Meddo]

Hey @CEO Keg King, noticed you were in town

A couple of questions please -

• Any ETA on G3 fermenter Kings coming back in stock?
• Any more chiller coils on their way for the G3?
• Any ETA on the 60L version?
• Any plans to redesign the larger tank opening and lid onto the 35L body?

And the curlier one, I've found using the tri clamp adapter on the base of my G3 that it doesn't take much of a knock for the adapter to separate from the cone piece. So much so that I'm actually quite nervous actuating my ball valve to dump yeast. Is there any chance of maybe making the adapter piece out of SS? It just seems that the two plastic threaded sections can deform to jump over each other and seperate pretty easily.

Cheers,

 

[CKK]

Hey @CEO Keg King, noticed you were in town

A couple of questions please -

• Any ETA on G3 fermenter Kings coming back in stock?
• Any more chiller coils on their way for the G3?
• Any ETA on the 60L version?
• Any plans to redesign the larger tank opening and lid onto the 35L body?

And the curlier one, I've found using the tri clamp adapter on the base of my G3 that it doesn't take much of a knock for the adapter to separate from the cone piece. So much so that I'm actually quite nervous actuating my ball valve to dump yeast. Is there any chance of maybe making the adapter piece out of SS? It just seems that the two plastic threaded sections can deform to jump over each other and seperate pretty easily.

Cheers,

Never left town - bloody lockdown...

Gen3 is in stock
Heaps of chiller coils in stock
60 Litre is waiting on more lids to come in. We have a few if you want one. Both snubby and max. Also waiting on the new stands so think next month if we can get shipments moving. The 60 litre tanks are really beautiful and very clear.
Right now no plans to make that piece from SS as it would cost a lot. I can let you have a new adaptor which might just cure that problem.

 

[Meddo]

Never left town - bloody lockdown...

Gen3 is in stock
Heaps of chiller coils in stock
60 Litre is waiting on more lids to come in. We have a few if you want one. Both snubby and max. Also waiting on the new stands so think next month if we can get shipments moving. The 60 litre tanks are really beautiful and very clear.
Right now no plans to make that piece from SS as it would cost a lot. I can let you have a new adaptor which might just cure that problem.

Ok thanks, the G3 is still showing as out of stock on the website. Apparently I've been looking in the wrong spot for the coil listing though, just went looking again and found it thanks.

Keen to see the 60L version but not ready to commit yet, thanks anyway.

Absolutely keen for a different tri clamp adapter if you've got one please, as I said I'm almost too scared to use the current one.

Cheers