THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW About Using CONICAL FERMENTERS

What does a conical fermenter do? Do they make better beer? When and how do you dump yeast and trub? How do you passivate and CIP? What extras do you need? All these questions and more answered in this video!
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0:00 Intro and welcome
0:50 What even is a conical fermenter?
2:37 What are the benefits of using a conical?
5:18 How to passivate? How often to passivate?
6:49 How to clean in place (CIP)?
9:50 How to sanitize in place?
10:54 How to control fermentation temperature?
12:41 How to pressure ferment and closed pressure transfer?
14:05 When to dump trub and when to harvest yeast?
15:10 What is the best way to dry hop with a conical?
16:24 What accessories do you need?
19:28 Do conical fermenters make better beer?
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[davidhall]

Yeah, too deep a rabbit hole for me. You get the FV then you need all the paraphernalia. I like the rustic aspect of home brewing, the notion that I can make really good traditional/classic styles at home with minimal or basic gear. I’m not a complete Luddite, I’m pretty keen on modern yeasts and I like that I can store hops in a freezer, and I really appreciate the inkbird controllers for my heat belts and freezer, but I’m happy to use a bucket fermenter and work around seasonal ambient temperatures in my cellar. I kinda like that rhythm of the seasons prompting me to brew styles that suit the weather, or in advance of the weather, and bottle conditioning Strong ales and lagers through the winter. Nothing against modern hoppy beers but it’s a lot of gear and I feel like I can just choose to play to my natural advantages and leave that stuff to the industrial brewers

[Red-smcl]

I finally got one because carboys with a small necks are hard to clean, and I don't like to re-rack for second stage (usually dont) but still want to dump trub etc. Also tired of getting goodies in my keg.

Yes big mouths are a fix to cleaning but I also wanted to up my size so it was a good time to take the plunge.

My guy is lower end, only $160 but has a ball valve at the bottom, and a ball valve higher for sampling.

I love that you tell people to start small. I brewed extract in dual buckets with a turkey fryer when I started. Through the years I switched to all grain and have been slowly upgrading which has made it easy on the pocket book and helps me identify what works for me and what is a waste of money.

[basweny]

Couldn’t agree more, I have made amazing beers with plastic fermenters. I have won many awards with my home built keggle herms system and cheap fermentors. Learning the skills and understanding your system goes further then shinny expensive equipment.

[jasperb]

Ive been watching your videos for years man and I appreciate you broadening the range of your videos. I just hope more brewing videos would come back since your brewing techniques have always been a basis for my brews

[JamesRea]

Definitely agree about replacing the sample port valve.

[omnitouchbb]

Will this work in the 20 gallon 240v boil coil? Just want to make sure it’s not going to touch the coils if that would be an issue.

[Erik_Swiger]

Love your content, recently subcribed. After a 3 decade hiatus, I believe I'm going back into brewing, to make a constant 3-beer a day supply of simple bitter, around 4%. Hopefully it will ferment in a month, to be consumed in a month, and not take too much of my time, much as I love it. Watched your other videos on this particular brew, great content and great presentation, keep it up, please.
My passions are ordinary bitters, proper old-school balanced IPAs that were served aboard steam ships bound for India, ambers, and from there, the sky's the limit.
To be honest, I probably shouldn't be so much into alcohol, especially beer (for the carbs and whatever gluten content there is), but in all my life, real beer is my only alcohol passion, ever since that first taste of genuine bitter from Coopersmith's, Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1988. The alcohol is almost a by-product of the incredible flavor profile overall. I'm a candy kid, weaned on caramel, toffee, butterscotch, and malted-milk shakes (especially black raspberry, not to be confused with blackberry). A love of real beer should not be a surprise.

[detectivebosch]

Excellent video!! My question relates to the Triclamp to corny keg DC. Once you set that up to the fermenter, it can't be changed. In other words if you use the sampling port to take gravity readings during fermentation, how do you connect this when it comes time to transfer to a keg??

[ElementaryBrewingCo]

Buckets for life! I really like pressure transfers though… So I’ll take any fermenter that holds pressure, cheers Steve 🍻

[SchmegmaOnToast]

Im moving to stainless conicals soon. The days of dealing with floating diptubes that work half of the time, are over. Closed transfers are a big factor for me. Thanks for the info

[jt]

On the sight glass, What size flow pipe OD do you recommend… 1” (25mm) ?

[poisonpotato]

How do you connect / disconnect chilling lines and chilling coil?
Do you get a dump bucket and pour back into glycol chiller or water reservoir?

[gmull]

Thinking about moving to a conical fermenter and controlling temp the way you suggested with mini fridge. Wondering why glycol solution as opposed to just water.

[zebedeemaloney]

Any issue with light affecting the beer via the sight glass during fermentation?

[jt]

What tc oxygenation stone are you using? Looks like you have it hooked up directly to a 1.5 butterfly valve on the racking port..?

[deckerhand]

How is the conical from northern brewer? I have the one from anvil love it but want something so I can do a double brew day. That’s not going to brake the bank

[WilliamPimlett]

A fine video from which I learned a great deal. It is also very nice to see the brewing equipment and you using it.

[williamdaffern]

Curious about the temp control using the mini fridge. Thinking of the same setup but with using a bucket with glycol and water in a chest freezer. How cold can you get the temp during fermentation?

[troyjorgensen]

So new to brewing, my question is after primary fermentation in the conical, say 2 weeks, can i condition my brew in the fermenter for another 2 weeks and then transfer to a keg, or do you keg condition after primary fermentation? Thank you! 22:37

[sjporr]

So glad I’ve added conical fermenters into my system. Started with plastic and moved to stainless. Nice video