Starter Kit Instruction Manual
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5 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.
Naturally ferment under pressure
Some people believe that beer that is naturally fermented under pressure is the traditional
and best way to ferment. Almost all large commercial breweries inherently ferment under
some degree of pressure due to the fact that they have tall tanks and the pressure at the
bottom of the tank is significant even if no pressure has been applied to the headspace of
the tank. With the FermZilla it’s possible to ferment at higher temperatures, faster speeds
and produce cleaner beers. In order to do this we would recommend you to purchase the
additiona parts:
a) 2 x Carbonation caps. Either KL00826 for the stainless steel ones or KL10788 for the
plastic ones.
b) Silicone dip tube with stainless float. Part KL09241
c) Blowtie spunding valve kit. Part KL09706
