FermZilla Tri-Conical 27L and 55L Instruction Manual
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Last Updated 2/03/2022 3:06 PM
GREAT TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED
1.
No need to do a whirlpool in your kettle
Due to the fact that you now have a conical fermenter there is no need to do a whirlpool in
your kettle. Once 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. The clear tank wall will enable
you to separate clear wort from trub far more easily than in your kettle and collect the trub
into the collection jar.
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 yeast has been collected and
the butterfly valve is clear of debris, simply fill the collection bottle with your favorite hop
and re-fit this to the butterfly valve. The hops will float up through the beer and introduce a
fantastic hop aroma.
Note: If you have a CO2 cylinder you can also purge the oxygen out of the hops before
connecting to the butterfly valve.
3.
Make yeast starters in the collection container
You can make up to 900ml starters in the microwave, boiled directly in the collection jar!
Simply remove the collection jar o-ring (not microwaveable and needs to be removed to
allow for steam to exit) and any lube, put your starter wort in there and rest the lid on top of
the jar (don’t screw the lid down and make sure you’re using plastic bottle caps on the
accessory ports) before microwaving on a lower power setting. After boiling for a minute in
the microwave, remove, add back on the o-ring, throw in a sanitised stir bar and place some
sanitised foil over the opening before allowing to cool. Pitch yeast and place onto stir plate.
