FERMENTATION TIPS
Fermenting beverages under pressure
provides brewers with the ability to reduce
unwanted esters and speed up fermentation
times with the capacity to ferment at higher
temperatures with fewer off flavours.
To control the tank’s internal pressure,
brewers will need to attach our spunding valve
(part 9161) to either a stainless steel mfl type
gas disconnect (part 7797) or premium plastic
mfl type gas disconnect (part 8282). Attach
the spunding valve to the mfl disconnect, set
the adjustable valve to your desired pressure,
then attach the disconnect to the gas post
of the tank’s pressure lid. The gas post is
identified by a notch at the base of the post to
help differentiate it from the liquid post.
Your liquid post should have the silicone dip
tube attached to the float ball inside the
tank. You are now able to hold pressure
within your tank while releasing excess
pressure. If your gauge indicates a slightly
different pressure than your desired setting,
you can easily readjust the valve pressure.
We recommend 5 to 10psi on ales and
15psi on lagers.
Be careful when releasing pressure on any
beer still fermenting under pressure. The
headspace of your fermenter will fill with
the fermenting beer’s krausen (foam) and
could potentially clog your PRV and gas
post dip tube.
CONTACT US
MCH Australia P/L Trading as Keg
King
48 Smith Road
Springvale VIC 3171
Australia
