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Fermentasaurus Uni Tank
Fermentasaurus Uni Tank
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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OTHER TIPS
1.
No need to do whirlpool in your kettle
Since you now have a conical fermenter there is no need to do a whirlpool in your
kettle. After your wort has cooled you can dump all trub and hop material from your
boil into your fermenter. The boiled hops and trub will settle out in the cone quickly
and you can easily dump this directly from the butterfly valve.
2.
Dry hop without compromise
Traditionally most home brewers who want to dry hop are forced to remove the lid of
the fermenter to insert hops. Removing the fermenter lid increases the risk of
contamination and it also introduces significant amounts of oxygen to your
fermented beer. You can avoid these issues by dry hopping with the collection bottle.
After the yeast has been collected, you can fill the collection bottle with your favourite
hop flowers or pellets and re-fit to the butterfly valve. Open the butterfly valve and the
fantastic hop aromas will begin to migrate into your beer.
Note: If you have a CO
2
cylinder you can also purge the oxygen out of the hops
before connecting to the butterfly valve.
3.
Naturally ferment or dry hop under pressure
Some people believe that beer that is naturally fermented under pressure is the
traditional and best way to ferment. With the use of an adjustable pressure relief
valve you can control the top pressure (dissolved CO
2
) of your ferment.
Various advantages exist for fermenting under controlled pressure and these
include:
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Potential to reduce ester production or control complex ester profiles.
•
Capacity to ferment at higher temperatures with fewer off flavours.
• Ability to dry hop early in the fermentation to allow oxygen in the hops to be
metabolized and still trap and retain volatile hop compounds.
• Less headspace may be required when compared to uncapped fermentation.
4.
Crash chilling, emptying and sampling
When crash chilling, emptying or sampling your beer from a Fermentasaurus
equipped with a gravity lid, you ensure that the air lock is removed to avoid
a pressure differential in the fermenter. This will prevent the wall of the
Fermentasaurus walls from collapsing inward.
5.
Rotating rack arm
You may notice a dimple on the PET body of the Fermentasaurus. This dimple
designates the point at which a rotating rack arm would enter the Fermentasaurus.
You are strongly discouraged from drilling this dimple out as it will VOID the use of
the Fermentasaurus for pressure purposes and must NEVER be used as a pressure
vessel. If you insist on using a rotating rack arm for sampling or collecting finished
product, then great care should be taken to ensure a clean hole is made in the
Fermenter. Only use an appropriate tool that is known to create a clean hole such as
a step drill. Drilling/punching/melting or making any type of hole in the
Fermentasaurus will VOID ANY WARRANTIES. Do so at your own risk. If you make a
mistake you will NOT be given replacement; you must purchase a replacement bottle.
Dimple
