Brew-Magic Fermenter
Thinking about a ‘conical’ design Fermenter? Let’s Talk!
Many brewers believe that beer that sits on dead yeast acquires ‘off flavors’. However, it’s been shown by beer judges that ‘off-flavors’ don’t even begin to occur for at least 5-7 weeks. Even then, it’s been concluded that some of these changes are beneficial.
Many brewers believe that a conical will cleanly remove the dead yeast by dumping it away from the clear beer above. Unfortunately, dumping yeast does not remove all of it… just some of it. The rest sticks to the cone sides and your beer remains in contact with residual dead yeast. To add insult to injury, the action of dumping yeast puts a nice plume of dead yeast haze into the product that was previously clear!
Many brewers see conical fermenters on rollers and assume they are easy to handle and clean. Actually because of the cone bottom, legs were needed to protect the vulnerable hardware below. For this reason a 15 gal. conical is nearly twice the size necessary to do the job. Dis-assembly is cumbersome, the lid is large, the clamps are many and the gasketing can be damaged easily. When fillied, they become top heavy and possibly dangerous. They’re heavy and bulky. You won’t want to pick one up and move them to refrigeration.
The SABCO fermenter incorporates the best conical ideas, along with more modern features that meet the needs of today’s brewers.
So what’s different?
Compare these features:
- The SABCO fermenter is fully tri-clamp sanitary and smart.
- 15.5 gal., 304 stainless vessel, custom modified by SABCO
- Compare home-brew “weldless” fittings with professional sanitary welded fittings. ( Click for more information )
- 4″ inch round “Tri-Clamp” port for easy access, inspection and cleaning of the vessel interior
- All dome components are coupled to the Tri-Clamp port cap. This means that when you remove the 4″ port, you also extract every valve component. This allows you to clean up both ends of the valves without mechanically removing them from the lid.
- Because it’s a Tri-Clamp, you can tighten the lid port with a twist of the clamp to ensure an “Air-Tight” sanitary closed system.
- You’ll find two stainless, sanitary smooth bore, Ball-Valves on the upper dome. One outlet is a 5/16″ barb that can be used for oxygen or CO2 pressure input while the other is a 1/2″ barb that can be used with an air-lock or blow off tube to a bucket of water.
- Connect your Tri-Clamp hose from the racking arm outlet to your target vessel for transfer of clear beer via an adjustable internal racking arm/elbow. This too, is Tri-Clamp sanitary and easily removable for cleaning ! Notice yet another stainless, sanitary Ball-Valve on the racking arm outlet
- For those wishing to capture yeast for culturing, after “clear-beer” transfer, simply leave a little amount of clear beer on top of the yeast to create a more liquid yeast “slurry.” Then connect the same Tri-Clamp hose to your yeast propagator vessel, turn the internal racking arm downward, add a little pressure thru the lid ball-valve and gently push the majority of yeast into your target vessel in a completely “closed environment” way
- Easily disconnect all ‘Tri-Clamp’ components (hose, lid, siphon & thermometer) for easy sink clean-up. (This is sanitary made simple!)
- Wondering how easy the vessel is to clean. Very! A simple short-handled brush does the trick and then you can do something that guarantees a “sterile” environment… Steam sanitize it by putting a little water in the bottom, then making some steam by using any burner. Let’s see you do this with a conical!
- Don’t be fooled when others suggest that weldless fittings are an advantage. Read more here
- Even the thermometer is installed using a 1″ sanitary Tri-Clamp so there are no threads to clean
- And YES…it all fits easily into your temperature controlled refrigerator. Keg dimensions 15.8″ diameter X 23.3″ tall. Widest points with fittings: 20″diameter x 26″ tall
Made from all new components, SABCO’s Tri-Clamp Fermenter is smart, easy to clean, and versatile!
To brew your best…use the best equipment!
