Fermentation Equipment Advice

[billionairebum Member Find all posts View Profile Close billionairebum]

Hi

I want to purchase a fridge or freezer and a STC 1000 for fermentation just want to check a few things first.

My understanding is that if I want to cold crash then I would need 1 fridge or freezer for each fermentor unless I do both brews on the same day and they have very similar fermentations temps?
If I did 2 brews on a week or so apart it would not be possible to cold crash as it would affect the second fermentor.

So either I do 2 brews at once with similar temp requirements or I just brew every 2-3 weeks.

Is my understanding correct? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Cold Crashing is NOT a necessity, unless you anal about having clear liquid on bottling/kegging day.

Since I keg, I sometimes cold crash in the keg in a different fridge, so that my next brew can start fermenting in the fermentation fridge (which is only big enough to house one bucket)

[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

That's a pretty good idea, I cold crash in my keezer, but when I'm at capacity this won't work.

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[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

Just a question, if you rack straight into the keg, won't your yeast still be suspended? Not a big deal, but the trub at the bottom of the keg will be more?

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[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Just a question, if you rack straight into the keg, won't your yeast still be suspended? Not a big deal, but the trub at the bottom of the keg will be more?

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Slightly more ... You'll be surprised how little it actually is

[johncoram89 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close johncoram89]

I just wanted to contribute to an old thread because I think I have found the most under rated piece of fermenting equipment.

It's an elbow for the inside of my fermenter tap and it allows me to draw beer from much lower than the bottom of the tap line. This is like a sediment reducer but way better.

It's a fitting they use for washing machine drainpipes, I found it at a very average hardware store for R16.

Why dont all fermenters have this!?

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[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

What type of tap have you got on that the thread matches?

Now I have some little filters that I got (can't remember where from or what they are for,) but they would probably pop right onto that spigot. Will try find them and post a pic.

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Apparently these are actually called wort filters according to Aliexpress

[johncoram89 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close johncoram89]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

What type of tap have you got on that the thread matches?

Now I have some little filters that I got (can't remember where from or what they are for,) but they would probably pop right onto that spigot. Will try find them and post a pic.

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Apparently these are actually called wort filters according to Aliexpress

It's the generic tap that fits my bottling wand

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